REVISED  ORDINANCES 


OF 


POET  WOETH,  TEXAS. 


d873-1884. 


:  IKH  IJV  HARRIS  ^  WEAR,  ATTORNEYS  AT  LAW,  No.  I 
FORT   WORTH,  TEXAS.   AND  AI>OPTK]>   UY   THK  « 'IT  ^ 
CIL  SEPTEMBER,  TTH,   i 
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REVISED    ORDINANCES 


OF    THE    CITY    OF 


FORT  V\foRTH,  TEXAS, 


1873-1884. 


CODIFIED     HY      HARRIS     A     WEAR,     ATTORNEYS     AT     LAW,     NO,     103     MAIN 
STREET,     FORT     WORTH,     TEXAS,     AND     ADOPTED     BY     THE     CITY 
COUNCIL     SEPTEMBER   Till,    1884,    AS     SHOWN    BY    ORDI- 
NANCE  NO.    160   HEREIN. 


1885: 

WILLIAMS  &  STEWART,  PRINTERS, 
FOKT  WOKTH,   TtXAS. 


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INDEX 


1.  Official.  Register  - 

2.  Alleys 

3.  Assistant  Assessor 

and  Collector     - 

4.  Bonds,  Official     - 

5.  Bonds,  City    - 

6.  Buildings    - 

7.  Calaboose,talking 

withprison'rs  in 

8.  Cattle,  etc. 

9.  Cemetery 

10.  Chimney,  etc.     - 

11.  Combustible  mat'r 

12.  Cotton  yards 

13.  Council 

14.  Dead  animals 

15.  Diseased  animals 

16.  Dogs 

17.  Drummers     - 

18.  Elections    - 

19.  Engineer 

20.  Fast  riding,  etc.  - 

21.  Fees,  Salaries,  etc 

22.  Fences,  etc.     -    - 

23.  Fire  Department 


PAQK. 

PAGE. 

0  to  13 

24.  Fire  Limits     - 

63  to  64 

33 

25.  Fire  Arms     - 

64  to  65 

26.  Food  and  Drink  - 

65  to  66 

14 

27.  Fourth  St.  R.  W. 

16  to  17 

Company 

67  to  68 

IT  to  24 

28.  Ft.  Worth'&  Den- 

24 to  25 

ver  Git  vK.W.Co 

68 

29.  Ft.  Worth  St.  RW. 

26 

Company      -     - 

69  to  75 

26  to  28 

30.  Funds 

75 

2S  to  32 

31.  Gambling      - 

75  to  77 

32  to  35 

32.  Gas  Works       -     - 

77  to  82 

35  to  37 

33.  Grade,  city   - 

82  to  83 

37 

34.  Gulf,  Col.  &  S  F. 

37  to  39 

K.  W.  Co 

83  to  84 

39  to  41 

35.  Hacks 

84  to  86 

41  to  42 

36.  Hawkers 

86 

42  to  45 

37.  Health 

86  to  S3 

45  to  46 

38.  Houses,  III  Fame, 

46  to  48 

etc. 

88  to  91 

48  to  51 

39.  Indecency 

91  to  92 

51  to  53 

40.  Limitation  -     -    - 

92 

53  to  55 

41,  Market  places 

92  to  93 

55  to  56 

42.  Marshal 

93  to  96 

56  to  63 

43.  Misdemeanors 

96  to  98 

ISDEX  TO  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WOJtTD. 


TI 


PAGE. 

PACK. 

44. 

Mobs 

US  to  09 

64. 

Shade  Trees     - 

146 

to 

147 

45. 

M.  K.  &  T.  K.  W 

65. 

Shooting  Gal'ries 

148 

Company 

99 

66. 

Sidewalks 

149 

to 

158 

40. 

Nuisances      -    - 

ICO 

to 

103 

67. 

Slaughter  Pens  - 

158 

47. 

Opium  Smoking 

104 

68. 

Stairways 

159 

48. 

Pig-eons 

104 

to 

105 

69. 

Stationery    -    - 

159 

49. 

Police 

105 

to 

108 

70. 

Streets 

160 

to 

173 

50. 

Pound  and  Pound 

71. 

Survey 

163 

to 

164 

keeper 

108 

to 

111 

72. 

Sunday 

173 

51. 

Poor  and  Dead 

111 

73. 

Taxation 

174 

to 

182 

52. 

Prostitutes 

lia 

to 

113 

74. 

Theatres,  etc.     - 

182 

to 

186 

53. 

Public  Place     - 

113 

to 

115 

75. 

Trains 

187 

to 

188 

54. 

Quarantine 

115 

•  ) 

117 

76. 

T.  &.  P.  R.W.Co 

1*8 

55. 

Recorder's  Court 

117 

to 

120 

77. 

Trespass 

56. 

RosedaleSt.RW 

78. 

Telegraph,  etc. 

1S9 

io 

192 

Company 

120 

to 

125 

79. 

Trinity  river,  etc. 

192 

57. 

Rubbish 

125 

to 

126 

80. 

Vagrancy    - 

193 

58. 

Saloons 

126 

to 

127 

81. 

Vehicles  passing 

59. 

Scavenger 

127 

to 

128 

etc. 

194 

GO. 

Schools,  cify    - 

129 

to 

137 

82. 

Wards,  citv 

195 

61. 

Scrip,  city     -     - 

137 

to 

139 

83. 

Water  Works    - 

195 

to 

206 

62. 

Secretary,  city 

140 

84. 

Weapons     -     - 

206 

to 

207 

63. 

Sewers 

141 

to 

146 

86. 

Appendix      -    - 

209 

ORDINANCE  ADOPTING  THE 
CHARTER. 


BE  IT  remembered  that  at  a  regular  meeting  ol  the  city 
council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth,  begun  and  held  at  the  council 
room  of  said  council,  on  Tuesday  the  26th  day  of  September, 
1876.  Present,  the  Hon.  G.  H.  Day,  Mayor,  presiding,  and  W. 
A.  Huffman,  P.  J.  Bowdry,  D.  M.  C.  Pendery  and  0.  B.  Daggett, 
Jr.,  aldermen  of  said  city.  A  motion  was  made  by  W.  A.  Huff- 
man and  duly  seconded  by  P.  J.  Bowdry,  to  adopt  an  act  of  the 
legislature  of  the  State  of  Texas,  entitled  An  Act  regulating  the 
incorporation  of  cities  of  one  thousand  inhabitants  or  over,  and 
to  provide  ior  the  substitution  and  repeal  of  all  acts  heretofore 
passed  incorporating  said  cities  which  may  be  in  force  by  virtue 
of  any  existing  charter  of  said  city,  approved  March  15,  1875,  as 
the  charter  of  said  city,  and  it  appearing  and  being  known  to  said 
council  that  there  are  more  than  one  thousand  inhabitants  in 
said  city,  and  said  motion  being  put  to  vote,  was  carried  by  more 
than  two-thirds  majority  of  said  council.  The  following  members, 
to-wit :  W.  A.  Huffman,  P.  J.  Bowdry,  D.  W.  0.  Pendery  and 
C.  B.  Daggett,  Jr.,  voting  in  the  affirmative.  It  is,  therefore,  or- 
dered by  the  city  council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth  that  the 
above  recited  act,  and  the  provisions  thereof,  be  accepted  and 
adopted  as  the  Charter  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth,  in  Tarrant 
county,  Texas,  in  lieu  of  the  existing  charter  of  said  cityy  and 
that  this  order  be  entered  upon  the  journals  ot  the  proceedings 
of  this  council,  and  that  a  copy  of  the  same;  signed  by  the  may- 
or, and  attested  by  the  city  secretary,  under  the  seal  (corporate) 
of  said  city  be  filed  and  recorded  in  the  office  of  the  clerk  of  the 
county  court  of  Tarrant  county,  Texas.  G.  H.  DAY, 

Mayor  City  Fort  Worth. 

C.  McDouGALL,  City  Secretary. 

[L,S.]  Filed  for  record  September  28.  1876. 

Eecorded  October  2,  1876,  at  9  A.  M. 

J.  P.  WOODS,  County  Clerk. 


OFFICIAL  REGISTER. 

FROM  THK  IXCOHHO RATION  OF  THE  ClTY  IN  1873  TO  1884,  INCLUSIVE. 


Elected  April  3,  1878. 

CITY    OFFICERS. 

W.  P.  Burts,  Mayor. 

W.  T.  Ferguson,  Treasurer. 

Edmund  S.  Terrell,  City  Marshal. 

N.  M.  Maben,  Assessor. 

Frank  W.  Ball,  City  Attorney. 

John  F.  Swayne,  City  Secretary. 

ALDERMEN. 

M.  B.  Loyd,  M.  D.  McCall,  A.  Blakeney,  Wm.  J.  Boaz, 

J.  P.  Alexander. 


1874. 

CITY    OFFICERS. 

*W.  P.  Burts,  Mayor. 
John  S.  Loving,  Treasurer. 
T.  M.  Ewing,  Marshal. 
G.  F.  Parman,  Assessor  and  Collector. 
J.  S.  Chapman,  City  Attorney. 
Theodore  Hitchcock,  Secretary. 

*G.  H.  Day  elected  Mayor  on  the  gth  day  of  November  A.  D.,  1874,  vice  W.  P.  Burts,  resigned 

October  19,  1874. 
C.  C.  Fitzgerald  elected  City  Marshal  Decembe*  15,  1874,  to  fill  the  unexpired  term  of  T.  M. 

Ewing,  resigned. 

ALDERMEN. 

R.  H.  King,  A.  B.  Fraser,  W.  H.  Overton.  W.  H.  Williams, 

Joseph  Kane. 


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ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 


1875. 

CITY    OFFICERS. 

G.  H.  Day,  Mayor. 

John  S.  Loving,  City  Treasurer. 

H.  P.  Shiel,  City  Marshal. 

J.  C.  Scott,  City  Attorney. 

C.  MeDougall,  City  Secretary. 

G.  F.  Parman,  City  Assessor  and  Collector. 

T.  P.  Redding  elected  Marshal,  to  fill  unexpired  term,  October  25.  1875. 

James  M.  Townsend  elected  City  Assessor  and  Collector,  to  fill  unexpired  term,  October 

25,  1875- 

John  Stoker  appointed  City  Marshal  by  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  February  8,  1876,  in  the 
place  of  T.  P.  Redding,  suspended. 

ALDERMEN. 

J.  J.  Jarvis,  P.  J.  Bowdry,  W   T.  Maddox,  I.  Dahlman, 

D.  R.  Crawford. 


D.  W.  C.  Pendery, 


1870. 

CITY    OFFICERS. 

G.  H.  Day,  Mayor. 

John  S.  Loving,  Treasurer. 

T.  I.  Courtright,  City  Marshal. 

R.  E.  Maddox,  City  Assessor  and  Collector. 

Henry  Feild,  City  Attorney. 

ALDERMEN. 

W.  A.  Huffman,  C.  B.  Daggett,  Jr 

John  Nichols. 


P.  J.  Bowdry, 


John  Nichols, 


1877. 

CITY    OFFICERS. 

G.  H.  Day,  Mayor. 

Henry  Feild,  City  Attorney. 

Zane  Cetti,  City  Engineer. 

R.  E.  Maddox,  City  Assessor  and  Collector. 

John  S.  Loving,  City  Treasurer. 

C.  McDougall,  City  Secretary. 

T.  I.  Courtright,  City  Marshal. 


ALDERMEN. 


B.  C.  Evans, 
M.  Davis, 


D.  W.  Pendery, 

W.  J.  Allen. 


C.  M.  Peak 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 


1878. 

CITY    OFFICERS. 
R.  E.  Beckham,  Mayor. 
All  of  the  other  officers  holding  over. 

I.  C.  Terry  elected  City  Engineer  on  the  2ist  day  of  May.  1878. 
John  T.  Brown  appointed  Recorder  on  the  1 5th  day  of  October,  1878. 

ALDERMEN. 

Geo.  Jackson,  S.  H.  Holmes,  Thos.  Aston, 

B.  C.  Evans,  John  Nichols,  W.  J.  Allen,  holding  over. 


1879. 
CITY    OFFICERS. 

John  S.  Loving,  Treasurer. 
R.  E.  Maddox,  City  Assessor  and  Collector. 
C.  McDougall,  City  Secretary. 
'  S.  M.  Farmer,  City  Marshal. 
C.  C.  Hyde,  City  Engineer. 

ALDERMEN. 

S.  Terry,  R.  N.  Hatcher,  E.  W.  Morten. 

S.  H.  Holmes,  Thos.  Aston,  E.  W.  Morten,  holding  over. 


1880. 

CITY    OFFICERS. 

John.  T.  Brown,  Mayor. 

ALDERMEN. 

I.  W.  Rouse,  E.  M    Orrick,  W.  A.  Darter,  C.  L.  Pigman. 

*John  A.  Thornton. 

S.  Terry  holding  over. 

*L.  A.  Trimble  elected  Alderman  on  the  $th  day  of  June,  A.  D.  1880,  John  A.  Thornton 
resigned.  

1881. 

CITY   OFFICERS. 

R.  E.  Maddox,  Assessor  and  Collector. 
Jno.  S.  Loving,  Treasurer, 
Kobert  McCart,  City  Attorney. 
C.  M.  McDougall,  City  Secretary. 
S.  M.  Farmer,  City  Marshal. 


i2  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 

ALDERMEN. 

Jesse  Jones,  H.  P.  Shiel,  H.  B.  Pitts.  L.  A.  Trimble. 

I.  W.  Rouse,  E.  M.  Orrick,  H.  B.  Pitts,  holding  over. 


1882. 

CITY    OFFICERS. 

J.  P.  Smith,  Mayor. 

J.  J,  Goodfellow,  City  Engineer. 

ALDERMEN. 

Max  Elser,  H.  S.  Broiles,  Sam  Seaton,  J.  T.  Hickey. 

N.  C.  Brooks  elected  Alderman  April  20,  1882,  in  place  of  H.  B.  Pitts,  resigned. 
Henry  Feild  appointed  Recorder  May  2,  1882. 
W.  R.  Haymaker,  elected  August  26,  1882,  in  place  of  H.  S.  Broiles,  resigned. 


1883. 

CITY   OFFICERS. 

Jno.  Nichols,  Treasurer. 

R.  E.  Maddox,  Assessor  and  Collector. 

J.  W.  Swayne,  City  Attorney. 

Stuart  Harrison,  City  Secretary. 

W.  M.  Rea,  City  Marshal. 

E.  K.  Smoot,  City  Engineer. 

ALDERMEN. 

T.T.Andrews,  J.R.Adams,  J.  H.  Askew. 

Max  Elser,  J.  T.  Hickey  and  W.  R.  Haymaker  holding  over. 
Henry  Feild  appointed  Recorder  April  10,  1883. 

VV.  H.  Aldridge  and  R.  Flannigan  were  elected  Aldermen   of  the    newly-created  Fourth 
ward  on  the  I4th  day  of  August.  1883. 


1884. 

CITY    OFFICERS. 
J.  P.  Smith,  Mayor. 

ALDERMEN. 
J.  B.  Askew,  J.  R.  Adams,  T.  T.  D.  Andrews  and   Richard  Flannigan,  held  over. 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH.  13 


ORDINANCES 


OF    THE 


CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH 


ORDINANCE  NO.  I. 


An  Ordinance  opening  an  alley  ten  feet  wide  through  block  No.  —  known  as  the 
Peak  Block. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   City   Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth : 

SECTION  1 .     That  an  alley  ten  feet  wide  be  opened  through    B>  A> 
the  middle  of  block  No.  —  known  as  the  Peak  block,  said  alley  to    °-1^ 
run  in  a  northerly  and  southerly  direction,   and  from   Weatherford 
to  First  street. 

SBC.  2.     That  the  ordinance  take  eifect  and  be  in  force  from    B.  A. 

O.  145 
and  after  its  passage.  |  2 

Approved  April  13,  1878, 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  II. 


An  Ordinance  creating  the  office  of  Assistant  Assessor  and  Collector. 
JBe  it  ordained  by  the   City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort    Worth : 

B.  A.  SECTION  1.     That  the  office  of  Assistant  Assessor  and  Collec- 

®2**2     tor  of  this  city  is  hereby  created  and  established. 

SEC.  2.     That  the  Mayor  have  power  to  appoint  some  suitable 
O.  62    person  to  said  office,  said  appointment  to  be  confirmed  by  the  City 
*  2      Council  before  it  takes  effect. 

B.  A.  SEC.  3.     That  the  powers,   duties,  salaries  and  fees  -of  said 

O.  62    officer  shall  be  the  same  as  is  now  prescribed  and  authorized  by  law 

and  by  the  charter  of  this  city  for  the  Tax  Assessor  and  Collector. 

B.  A.  SEC.  4.     That  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force 

g  4  2    from  and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  August  11,  1874. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  III. 


An  Ordinance  defining  and  prohibiting  Assaults  and  Batteries. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort    Worth: 

SECTION  1.     The  use  of  any  unlawful  violence  upon  the  per- 
son of  another,  with  intent  to  injure  him,  whatever  be  the  means  or 
B.A.    the   degree   of  violence   used,  is   an  assault   and   battery.      Any 
°*Q  \^  attempt  to  commit  a  battery  or  any  threatening  gesture,  showing  in 
itself,    or   by   words  accompanying   it,    any   immediate   intention, 
coupled  with  the  ability  to  commit  a  battery,  is  an  assault. 

SEC.  2.     When  an  injury  is  caused  by  violence  to  the  person, 
the  intent  to  injure  is  presumed,  and  it  rests  with  the  person  inflict- 
ed' icg   *n»  ^6  *nJury   to  snow  ^e  accident  or  innocent  intention.     The 
§  2      injury  intended  may  be  either  bodily  pain,  constraint,  a  sense  of 
shame,  or  other  disagreeable  emotions  of  the  mind. 

SEC.   3.     An  assault  or  assault  and  battery  may  be  committed 
by  the  use  of  any  part  of  the  body  of  the  person  committing  the 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH.  75 

offense,  as  of  the  hand,  foot,  head,  or  by  the  use  of  any  inanimate 
object,  as  a  stick,  knife  or  anything  else  capable  of  inflicting  the 
slightest  injury,  or  by  the  use  of  any  animate  object,  as  by  throwing 
one   person  against  another,  or  driving  a  horse  or  other  animal  Q.  158 
against  the  person  ;  any  means  used  by  the  person  assaulting,  as  by      2  3 
spitting  in  the  face,  or  otherwise,  which  is  capable  of  inflicting  an 
injury,  comes  within  the  definition  of  an  assault  or  assault  and  bat- 
tery, as  the  case  may  be ;  and  an  assault  or  an  assault  and  battery 
may  be  committed  though  the  person  injured  thereby  was  not  the 
person  intended  to  be  injured. 

SEC.  4.  Violence  used  to  the  person  does  not  amount  to  an 
assault  or  battery  in  the  following  cases  :  1.  In  the  exercise  of  the 
right  of  moderate  restraint  or  correction  given  by  law  to  the  parent 
over  the  child,  the  guardian  over  the  ward,  the  teacher  over  the 
scholar.  2.  For  the  preservation  of  order  in  a  meeting  for  religious, 
political  or  other  lawful  purpose.  3.  For  the  preservation  of  the 
peace  or  to  prevent  the  commission  of  offenses.  4.  In  preventing 
or  interrupting  an  intrusion  upon  the  lawful  possession  of  property.  B.  A. 
5.  In  making  lawful  arrests  and  detaining  the  party  arrested  in  \  4 
obedience  to  the  lawful  order  of  a  magistrate  or  court,  and  in  over- 
coming resistance  to  such  lawful  order.  6.  In  self-defense  or  the 
defense  of  another  against  unlawful  violence  offered  to  his  person  or 
property,  provided,  that  in  all  cases  mentioned  in  this  section, 
where  violence  is  permitted  to  effect  a  lawful  purpose,  only  that 
degree  of  violence  must  be  used  which  is  necessary  to  effect  such 
purposes. 

SEC.  5.     No  verbal  provocation  justifies  an  assault  and  bat-    B  A 
tery,  but  insulting  and  abusive  words  may  be  given  in  evidence  in   O.  158 
mitigation  of  the  punishment  affixed  to  the  offense. 

SEC.  6.     That  any  person  who  shall  commit  an  assault  or  an 
assault  and  battery,  as  defined  in  this  ordinance,  shall,  upon  con-   0/20*7 
viction  thereof,  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  dollars,  nor      2 l 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

SEC.  7.     The  word  battery  is  used  in   this  ordinance  in  the     B. A- 

15° 
same  sense  as  assault  and  battery.  g  7 

SEC.  8.     That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 

T5       A 

and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law.  0/158 

Approved  May  29,  1878.  i« 

Section  6  approved  September  4, 1879. 


id  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  IV. 


An  Ordinance  fixing  the  amount  of  the  official  bonds  of  certain  officers  elected  by 
the  vote  of  the  people. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth : 

SECTION  1.     That   the    City  Marshal  shall,  before  entering 

upon  the  discharge  of  his  duties,  enter  into  a  bond  with  two  or 

B.  B     more  securities,  to  be  approved  by  the  City  Council,  in  the  penal 

o  302   sum  of  one  thousand  dollars,  payable  to   the  city  of  Fort  Worth, 

conditioned  for  the  faithful  discharge  of  his  duties  in  accordance 

with  the  charter  and  ordinances  of  the  city. 

SEC.  2.     That  the  City  Assessor  and  Collector  shall,  before 
entering  upon  the  discharge  of  his  duties,  enter  into  a  bond  with 
two  or  more  securities,  to  be  approved  by  the  City  Council,  in  the 
O* "^>*2   Penal  sum  °f  twenty  thousand  dollars,  payable  to  the  city  of  Fort 
\  2      Worth,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  discharge  of  his  duties  in  accord- 
ance with  the  charter  and  ordinances  of  the  ci4y. 

SEC.  3.     The  City  Treasurer  shall,  before  entering  upon  the 
discharge  of  his  duties,  enter  into  a  bond  with  two  or  more  securi- 
B-  B-    ties,  to  be  approved  by  the  City  Council,  in  the  penal  sum  of  fifty 
\  3      thousand  dollars,  payable  to  the  city   of  Fort  Worth,  conditioned 
for  the  faithful  discharge  of  his  duties  in  accordance  with  the  char- 
ter and  ordinances  of  the  city. 

SEC.  4.     The  City  Secretary  shall,  before  entering  upon  the 
discharge  of  his  duties,  enter  into  bond  with  two  or  more   good 
securities,  to  be  approved  by  the  City  Council,  in  the  penal  sum  of 
0/302  two  thousand  dollars,  payable  to  the  city  of  Fort  Worth,  conditioned 
^  4      for  the  faithful  discharge  of  his  duties  in  accordance  with  the  char- 
ter and  ordinances  of  the  city. 

SEC.   5.     The  City  Attorney  shall,  before  entering  upon  the 
discharge  of  his  duties,  enter  into  bond  with  two  or  more  good 
B.  B.    securities,  to  be  approved  by  the  City  Council,  in  the  penal  sum  of 
°-  3°2  five  hundred  dollars,  payable  to  the  city  of  Fort  Worth,  conditioned 
for  the  faithful  discharge  of  his  duties  in  accordance  with  the  char- 
ter and  ordinances  of  the  city. 

SEC.  6.  The  City  Engineer  shall,  before  entering  upon  the 
discharge  of  his  duties,  enter  into  a  bond  with  two  or  more  good 
sureties,  to  be  approved  by  the  City  Council,  in  the  penal  sum  of 


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one  thousand  dollars,  payable  to  the  city  of  Fort  Worth,  conditioned  Q"  ^ 
for  the  faithful  discharge  of  his  duties  in  accordance  with  the  char^      \  6 
ter  and  ordinances  of  the  citj. 

SEC.  7.     That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Secretary  to     B.  B. 
properly  record  all  official  bonds  of  city  officers  in  the  city  record      a^02 
book  of  bonds,  etc. 

SEC.   8.     That  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force     **•  B- 

u.  302 

from  and  after  its  passage.  §  8 

Approved  April  6,  1883. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  V. 


An  Ordinance  to  provide  for  funding  the  indebtedness  of  the  city  incurred  for  the 
erection  of  a  city  hall. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth : 

THAT  WHEREAS,  this  city  has  incurred  to  J.  Kane  an  indebt- 
edness amounting  to  two  thousand  ($2,000)  dollars  for  material 
furnished  and  labor  performed  by  said  Kane  in  erecting  a  public 
city  hall  for  said  city,  and 

Whereas,  by  an  act  of  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Texas, 
passed  March  15,  1875,  entitled  "An  Act  regulating  the  incor- 
poration of  cities  of  one  thousand  inhabitants  or  over,  and  to  repeal 
all  other  acts,"  etc.,  it  is  provided  that  the  city  council  of  every 
such  city  shall  have  power  to  pass  all  necessary  ordinances  to  pro- 
vide for  funding  the  whole  or  any  part  of  the  existing  debt  of  the 
city,  or  of  any  future  debt,  by  cancelling  the  evidences  thereof,  and 
issuing  to  the  holders  or  creditors,  notes,  bonds  or  treasury  war- 
rants, with  or  without  coupons,  bearing1  interest  at  any  annual  rate 
not  to  exceed  ten  per  cent.,  and 

Whereas,  it  is  desired  to  fund  said  indebtedness  for  said  city 
hall  in  bonds  without  coupons,  payable  and  issuable  as  hereinafter 
set  forth,  therefore, 

SECTION  1.     It  is  ordered  that  twenty  bonds  of  the   city  of 
Fort  Worth  be  issued  and  signed  by  the  Mayor  of  said  city,  and 
that  they  be  countersigned  by  the  Secretary  of  said  city  in  manner  o.  104 
and  form  as  hereinafter  directed,  and  that  the  seal   of  the  city  be      ^  * 
affixed  to  each  bond. 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 


SEC.  2.     That  said  bonds  be  for  the    sum  of  one  hundred 

B.  A.    ($100)  dollars  each,  and  that  they  be  made  payable  to  J.   Kane,  or 

°  3  2°4  Bearer,  at   the  city   of  Fort  Worth,  and  that  they  each  bear  inter- 

est from  date  at  the  rate  of  ten  per  centum  per  annum,  and  that 

they  each  be  dated  May  1,  1877. 

B-A-  SEC.   3.     That  ten  of  said  bonds  be  made  payable  one  year  after 

\  3      date,  and  that  the  remaining  ten  thereof  be  made  pay  able  two  years 

after  date,  and  that  they  be  numbered  from  one  to  twenty,  inclusive. 

SEC.  4.     That  as  soon  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance  as 

B.  A.    may  be  practicable,  the  Mayor  shall  cause  said  bonds  to  be  engraved 

°2  4°4  or  Printed  on  g°°d,  substantial  paper  or  parchment,and  shall  cause 

a  copy  of  this  ordinance  to  be  printed  either  on  the  face  or  back  of 

said  bonds  as  he  may  deem  best. 

SEC.  5.     That  as  soon  as  said  bonds  shall  have  been  issued 

and  signed  as   hereinbefore  directed,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 

Mayor  to  forward   the   same  to   the    Comptroller  of  the    State,  as 

Q-  A>     directed  by  the  act  of  the  Legislature  hereinbefore  referred  to,  for 

§  5      registration  and  certification  ;  and  the   Mayor   shall  request   said 

comptroller  to  state  in  his  certificate  that  no  other  bonds  of  the  city 

of  Fort  Worth  have  before  been  registered  in  his  office. 

-SEC.  6.     That  the  Mayor  at  the  time  he  shall  so  forward  said 
0/104  bonds  shall  furnish  the  comptroller  with  a  statement  of  the  value  of 
all  taxable  property,  real   and  personal,  in  the  city,  as  required  by 
said  act. 

SEC.  7.     That  when  said  bonds  shall  be  returned  from  the 

Comptroller's  oifice  the  Mayor  shall  deliver  them  to  J.  Kane,  or  to 

such  other  person  holding  and  owning  the  evidence  of  indebtedness 

B.  A.    issued  by  the  city  for  the  erection  of  said  city  hall,  as  fast  as  said 

°oI7°4   Kane,  or  other  person  shall  surrender  and  deliver  up  for  cancella- 

tion an  equal  amount  of  said  evidences   of  said  indebtedness,  and 

as  soon  as  said  evidences  of  indebtedness  shall  be  delivered  to  said 

Mayor  he  shall  report  them  to  the  City  Council  for  cancellation. 

SEC.  8.     That  there  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated, 

out  of  the  revenue  of  the  city,  emanating  from  whatever  source, 

for  the  present  fiscal  year,  the  sum  of  eleven  hundred  dollars  for 

the  purpose  of  paying  off  the  first  installment  of  said  bonds  and 

O.  104  interest,  and  that  the  sum  of  twelve  hundred  dollars  be  and  the 

\  8      same  is  hereby  appropriated  out  of  the  revenue  of  the  next  fiscal 

year,  from  whatever  source  derived,  for  the  purpose  of  paying  oft* 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH.  ig 

the  second  installment  of  said  bonds  and  interest ;  and  the  City 
Treasurer  is  hereby  directed  to  set  apart  said  amounts  out  of  the 
first  moneys,  coming  to  his  hands  in  said  years  respectively  for  said 
purpose. 

SEC.  9.     That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from    B-  A- 
,    «,      ..  O.  104 

and  after  its  passage.  g  9 

Approved  April  27,  1878. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  VI. 


An  Ordinance  authorizing  the  issuing  of  bonds  for  the  purpose  of  establishing  and 
completing  a  system  of  sewerage  and  street  improvement  in  the  city  of  Fort 
Worth,  and  to  provide  for  the  interest  and  create  a  sinking  fund  for  the  princi- 
pal of  said  bonds. 

WHEREAS,  a  system  of  sewerage  and  street  improvement  have 
become  a  public  necessity  in  this  city,  and  the  Council  of  said  city 
have  ordered  certain  streets  in  said  city  to  be  repaired,  macadam- 
ized and  improved  and  have  perfected  a  system  of  sewerage,  and 

Whereas,  it  becomes  necessary  to  create  a  debt  and  obtain  the 
means  for  carrying  out  the  plans  for  street  improvement  and  sewer- 
age, and 

Whereas,  by  an  official  census  ordered  by  the  City  Council,  it 
has  been  ascertained  that  there  are  upwards  of  eleven  thousand 
inhabitants  in  this  city,  and 

Whereas,  all  cities  in  the  state  of  Texas  may  issue  bonds  equal 
to  six  per  centum  of  the  property  subject  to  an  advalorem  tax,  and 
there  is  upwards  of  three  million  two  hundred  thousand  dollars  of 
said  property  in  this  city  subject  to  such  tax  as  shown  by  the 
assessment  roll  thereof,  therefore 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth : 

SECTION  1.     That  the  Mayor  and  City  Secretary  be  and  are 
hereby  authorized  to  have  prepared,  and  when  prepared,  to  execute, 
under  the  corporate  seal  of  this  city,  for  the  purposes  hereinbefore  set    B  A 
forth,  one  hundred  and  ninety  bonds  of  one  thousand  dollars  each  O.  293 
payable  to  bearer  at  the  financial  agency  of  this  city  in  the  city     * x 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 


of  New  York,  on  the  first  day  of  November  A.  D.  1912,  with 
interest  at  the  rate  of  seven  per  cent,  per  annum  payable  semi- 
annually  on  the  first  days  of  May  and  November  in  each  year. 
The  principal  and  interest  of  said  bonds  to  be  payable*  in  gold  coin 
of  the  present  weight  and  fineness  as  fixed  by  the  laws  of  the 
United  States  now  in  force.  Said  bonds  to  be  designated  as  sewer- 
age and  street  improvement  bonds  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth,  and 
shall  be  numbered  from  one  to  one  hundred  and  ninety  inclusive, 
each  bond  to  have  sixty  coupons  signed  by  the  City  Secretary  each 
coupon  to  represent  one  semi-annual  installment  of  interest. 

SEC.  2.  The  said  city  hereby  reserves  the  right  to  redeem  at 
par  the  said  bonds  or  any  of  them  at  any  time  after  ten  years  from 
the  date  thereof,  upon  giving  notice  by  advertisement  in  any  two 
newspapers  of  general  circulation  in  the  city  of  New  York  for 
thirty  consecutive  days  exclusive  of  the  days  upon  which  said 
papers  are  not  published ;  that,  upon  a  day^  to  be  therein  named,  it 
B.  A.  wjH  redeem  at  par,  upon  presentation  at  its  financial  agency  in  said 
\  2  city,  the  bonds  described  in  such  advertisement.  The  said  notice 
shall  be  signed  by  the  City  Treasurer  and  shall  give  the  number, 
date  and  amount  of  each  of  the  bonds  so  to  be  redeemed.  The 
bonds  authorized  by  this  ordinance  shall  be  redeemed  in  the  order 
in  which  they  are  numbered,  that  is  to  say,  the  bond  being  num- 
bered one  shall  be  first  redeemed,  and  any  bond  so  advertised  for, 
and  designated  as  aforesaid,  and  not  being  presented  for  redemp- 
tion as  aforesaid  upon  the  day  named  in  said  notice  shall  cease  to 
bear  interest  from  and  after  such  day. 

SEC.  3.  To  provide  for  the  payment  of  interest  on  said  bonds 
and  to  create  a  sinking  fund  for  the  redemption  of  the  same 
and  payment  of  principal  thereof  there  is  hereby  levied  and  set 
apart  and  specially  appropriated  an  annual  advalorem  tax  on  all 
property,  real  and  personal  and  mixed,  within  the  said  city  of  Fort 
B.  A.  Worth,  not  exempt  from  taxation  by  the  Constitution  and  laws  of 
°;  293  the  state,  of  and  at  the  rate  of  five  and  three-eighths  mills  on  the 
dollar  valuation  of  said  property,  such  tax  to  be  collected  annually 
until  the  principal  and  interest  of  said  bonds  are  fully  paid  up  and 
discharged ;  and  if  at  any  time  such  tax  shall  be  insufficient  to 
yield,  for  the  payment  of  said  interest  and  for  said  sinking  fund, 
the  amount  required  for  said  purposes,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said 
Council  to  set  apart  and  appropriate  such  additional  amount  and 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 


sum  of  the  annual  general  revenue  and  from  all  other  sources  of 
revenue  of  said  city,  as  may  be  necessary  to  supply  such  deficiency, 
until  the  principal  and  interest  of  said  bonds  is  fully  paid  up 
and  discharged.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Treasurer  to 
place  all  moneys  collected  and  received  from  the  advalorem  tax  and 
general  revenue  mentioned  in  the  foregoing  section  to  the  credit  of 
the  interest  and  sinking  fund  of  said  bonds  and  shall  divide  said 
revenue  between  the  said  interest  and  sinking  funds  as  follows  : 
One  and  one-quarter  mills  to  the  sinking,  and  four  and  one-eight 
mills  to  the  interest  fund,  and  if  at  any  time  there  shall  be  a  sur- 
plus of  the  interest  fund  after  provision  is  made  for  the  payment  of 
interest  for  the  next  six  months  thereafter,  then  this  surplus  shall  be 
placed  to  the  credit  of  the  sinking  fund. 

SEC.  4.     The  said  Council  shall  cause  the  said  sinking  fund 
and  all  accretions  thereof  to  be  invested  in  the  bonds  hereby  author-    B.  A. 
ized  to  be  issued  in  bonds  of  the  state  of  Texas  or  in  bonds 'of  the      §  ^93 
United  States,  as  they  may  from  time  to  time  determine,  upon  the 
accumulation  of  each  thousand  dollars  of  said  fund. 

SEC.  5.  The  said  interest  and  said  sinking  fund  are  hereby  B.  A. 
made  special  funds  for  special  purposes  and  shall  be  disbursable  °-  293 
only  for  the  purposes  for  which  they  are  especially  created. 

SEC.  6.     That  when  said  bonds  are  prepared  and  registered,  as         ^ 
provided  by  law,  the   Mayor  of  the   city  is  hereby  empowered,  in    fi  A 
connection  with  the  finance   committee,  to   negotiate   and  sell  the   O.  293 
bonds  authorized  to  be  issued  by  this  ordinance  for  the  best  interest 
of  the  city. 

SEC.  7.     That  the   Treasurer  of  said  city  shall,  during  the 
months  of  April  and  October  of  each  year,  not  later   than   the 
twentieth  of  each  of  said  months,  transmit  all  money  in  said  interest   Q.  293 
fund  to  the  financial  agents,  as  may  be  elected  by  said  council  as      $  7 
provided  in  this  ordinance,  for  the  purpose  of  paying  the  interest 
on  said  bonds  in  the  city  of  New  York,  in  such  manner  as  the 
council  shall  direct. 

SEC.  8.     There  shall  be  no  compensation  paid  to  any  officer  of    jj.  A. 
the  city  for  receiving  and  distributing  the  money  realized  from  the  °-  |93 
sale  of  said  bonds. 

SEC.  9.     That  this  ordinance  take  effect  from  and  after  its    B.A. 

O.  293 
passage.  g  10 

Approved  Nov.  10,  1882. 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 


ORDINANCE   VII. 


An  Ordinance  authorizing  the  issuing  of  bonds  for  the  purpose  of  completing  a 
system  of  sewerage  and  street  improvement,  and  to  provide  for  the  interest  and 
create  a  sinking  fund  for  the  principal  of  said  bonds. 

WHEREAS,  a  system  of  screet  improvements  and  sewerage  has 
been  begun  in  said  city,  and  it  being  a  public  necessity  that  said 
work  shall  be  prosecuted  to  its  completion,  and  the  Council  of  said 
city  have  ordered  certain  streets  in  said  city  to  be  repaired,  mac- 
adamized and  improved  and  have  prepared  a  system  of  sewerage ; 
and  whereas,  it  becomes  necessary  to  create  a  debt  and  obtain  the 
means  for  carrying  out  the  plans  for  street  improvements  and  sew- 
erage ;  and  whereas,  by  an  official  census  ordered  by  the  City  Coun- 
cil, it  has  been  ascertained  that  there  are  upwards  of  twenty-two 
thousand  inhabitants  in  this  city ;  and  whereas,  all  cities  in  the 
State  of  Texas  accepting  the  general  incorporation  act,  and  having 
more  than  ten  thousand  inhabitants,  may  issue  bonds  equal  to  six  (6) 
per  centum  of  the  property  subject  to  ad  valorem  tax,  and  this  city 
having  accepted  the  provisions  of  the  general  incorporation  act — 
and  there  is  upwards  of  five  million  three  hundred  thousand  dollars 
of  said  property  in  this  city  subject  to  such  tax  as  shown  by  the 
assessment  rolls  thereof — and  there  having  been  only  one  hundred 
and  ninety  thousand  dollars  in  bonds  of  said  city  isued ;  therefore, 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.  That  the  Mayor  and  City  Secretary  be  and  are 
hereby  authorized  to  have  prepared,  and  when  prepared  to  execute, 
under  the  corporate  seal  of  this  city,  for  the  purposes  hereinbefore  set 
forth,  one  hundred  and  thirty  bonds  of  one  thousand  dollars  each, 
B.  B  payable  to  bearer  at  the  financial  agency  of  this  city  in  the  city  of 
°-  345  New  York,  on  the — day  of — A.  D. — with  interest  at  the  rate  of  seven 
per  cent,  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually,  on  the  first  days 
of  March  and  September  of  each  year.  The  principal  and  interest 
of  said  bonds  to  be  payable  in  gold  coin  of  the  present  weight  and 
fineness,  as  fixed  by  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  now  in  force ; 
said  bonds  to  be  denominated  as  sewerage  and  street  improvement 
bonds  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth,  and  shall  be  numbered  from  one 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OP  FORT  WORTH.  23 

to  one  hundred  and  thirty,  inclusive,  and  marked  "  second  series." 
Said  bonds  to  have  forty  coupons  signed  by  the  City  Secretary, 
each  coupon  to  represent  one  semi-annual  installment  of  interest. 

SEC.  2.  To  provide  for  the  payment  of  interest  on  said  bond, 
and  to  create  a  sinking  fund  for  the  redemption  of  the  same  and 
payment  of  principal  thereof,  there  is  hereby  levied  and  set  apart, 
and  specially  appropriated,  an  annual  advalorem  tax  on  all  prop- 
erty real  and  personal  and  mixed,  within  the  city  of  Fort  Worth, 
not  exempt  from  taxation  by  the  laws  of  the  State,  of  and  at  the 
rate  of  two  and  one-half  mills  on  the  dollar  valuation  of  said  prop-  B>  B 
erty;  such  tax  to  be  •  collected  annually  until  the  principal  and  °-  345 
interest  of  said  bonds  are  fully  paid  up  and  discharged ;  and  if  at 
any  time  such  tax  shall  be  insufficient  to  yield  for  the  payment  of 
said  interest  and  said  sinking  fund  the  amount  required  for  said 
purposes,  it  shall  then  be  the  duty  of  said  council  to  set  apart  and 
appropriate  such  additional  amount  and  sum  of  the  annual  general 
revenue,  and  from  all  other  sources  of  revenue  of  said  city  as  may 
be  necessary  to  supply  such  deficiency  until  the  principal  and  inter- 
est of  said  bonds  is  fully  paid  up  and  discharged. 

SEC.  3.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the   City   Treasurer  to  place 
all  moneys  collected  and  received  from  the  advalorem  tax  and  gen- 
eral revenue  mentioned  in  the  foregoing  section  to  the  credit  of  the 
interest  and   sinking  fund  as  follows :     Two-ninths  to  the  sinking   o.  345 
fund  and  seven  ninths  to  the  interest  fund,  after  provision  is  made      $  3 
for  the  payment  of  interest  for  the  next  six  months  thereafter,  then 
this  surplus  shall  be  placed  to  the  credit  of  the  sinking  fund. 

SEC.  4.     The  said  Council  shall  cause  the  said  sinking  fund 
all  accretions  thereof  to  be   invested   in  the   bonds   of  the   city  of    B>  B> 
Fort  Worth  in  bonds  of  the  State  of  Texas    or   in  bonds   of  the    °-  345 
United  States  as  they  may  from  time  to  time  determine  upon  the 
accumulation  of  each  thousand  dollars  of  said  fund. 

SEC.  5.     The  said  interest  and  sinking  fund  are  hereby  made 
special  funds  for  special  purposes,  and  shall  be  disbursable  only  for  0/345 
the  purposes  for  which  they  are  respectively  created.  ^  5 

SEC.  6.     That  when  said  bonds  are  prepared  and   registered 
as  provided  by  law,  the  Mayor  of  said  city  is  hereby  empowered,  in     B.  B. 
connection  with  the  finance   committee,  to  negotiate  and  sell  the   °-  345 
bonds  authorized  to  be  issued  by  this  ordinance  for  the  best  interest 
of  the  city. 


24  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 

SEC.  7.     That  the  Treasurer  of   said  city    shall,  during   the 
months  of  February  and  August  of  each  year,  not  later  than  the 
20th  of  each  said  months,  transmit  all  moneys  in  said  interest  fund 
O.  345  to  tne  financial  agents,  as  may  be  selected  by  said  Council,  as  pro- 
3  7      vided  in  this  ordinance,  for  the  purpose  of  paying  the  interest  on 
said  bonds  in  the  city  of  New  York,  in  such  manner  as  the  Council 
shall  direct. 
B.  gEC>  g      That  this  ordinance  take  effect  from  and  after  its 


_ 
O. 

g        passage 


Approved  August  12,  1884. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  VIII. 


An  Ordinance  providing  for  the  pulling  down  of  buildings    and  structures  liable  to 
fall  down  and  injure  persons  or  property,  etc. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.  That  whenever,  in  the  opinion  of  the  City  Coun- 
cil, any  building,  fence,  shed,  awning  or  any  erection  of  any  kind, 
or  any  part  thereof,  is  liable  to  fall  down  and  endanger  persons  or 
property,  the  City  Council  shall  order  any  owner  or  agent  of  the 
•  same,  or  any  owner  or  occupant  of  the  premises  on  which  such 
building,  shed,  awning  or  other  erection  stands,  or  to  which  it  is 

O.  205  attached,  to  take  down  and  remove  the  same  or  any  part  thereof, 
3 *  within  ten  days  after  notice  is  served  them  by  the  City  Marshal  to 
remove  the  same  as  directed  by  order  of  the  City  Council.  In  the 
event  the  said  owner,  agent  or  occupant  shall  fail  or  refuse  to 
remove  the  same  after  notice,  as  directed  by  order  of  the  City 
Council,  then  the  said  City  Council  shall  have  the  power  to  remove 
the  same  at  the  expense  of  the  city,  on  account  of  the  owner  of 
the  property  or  premises,  and  assess  the  expense  on  the  land  on 
which  it  stood  or  to  which  it  was  attached. 

SEC.  2.     Be  it  further  ordained  by  the  City  Council  ot  the 
city  of  Fort  Worth,  that  the  mode  and  manner  of  giving  notice  to 

B.  A.    the  owner,  agent  or  occupant  of  the  same,  or  any  owner,  agent  or 

a  2°5  occupant  of  the  premises,  on  which  such  building,  shed,  awning  or 

other  erection  stands,  or  to  which  it  is  attached,  to  take  down  and 


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remove  the  same,  or  any  part  thereof,  shall  be  by  entering  an  order 
of  said  council  on  its  minutes  directing  the  City  Marshal  to  serve  a 
certified  copy  of  said  order,  and  written  notice,  requiring  said  per  _ 
son  or  persons  to  remove  said  building,  shed,  awningor  other  erec- 
tion within  ten  days  from  the  time  of  serving  said  notice. 

SBC.  3.  Be  it  further  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the 
city  of  Fort  Worth  that  in  the  event  said  owner,  agent  or  occupant 
of  the  premises  on  which  said  building,  shed,  awning  or  other  erec- 
tion stands,  or  to  which  it  is  attached,  shall  fail  or  refuse  to  take 
down  or  remove  the  same  or  any  part  thereof,  after  due  notice 
served  on  him,  the  City  Council  shall  at  its  first  regular  meeting  o.  205 
proceed  to  assess  the  expenses  of  removing  said  building,  shed,  awn-  ^  3 
ing  or  other  erection  so  taken  down  by  them,  as  provided  under 
§  1,  of  this  ordinance,  after  giving  five  days  notice  in  writing  by  the 
City  Marshal  to  said  owner,  agents,  or  occupant  of  said  premises  to 
appear  before  the  said  City  Council  at  its  said  regular  meeting  and 
contest  the  assessment  of  said  expenses. 

SEC.  4.     Be  it  further  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the 
city  of  Fort  Worth,  that  in  the    event  said  owner,  agent    or  oc- 
cupant   of   said    premises    shall    fail    or    refuse    for    a    period    of 
thirty  days  to  pay  oft' and  discharge  said  expenses  assessed  by  said   0/205 
Council  then  the  city  of  Fort  Worth  may   commence    an    action      ^4 
in  any  court  having  jurisdiction  of  the  same,  to  recover  said  ex- 
penses so  assessed  by  said  Council. 

SEC.  5.     Be  it  further  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the 
city  of  Fort  Worth  that  in  the  event    said    owner's  agent  or  oc- 
cupant of  such  building,  shed,  awning,    fence    or    other    erection 
shall  fail  or  refuse  to  comply  with  the  order  of  said  City  Council    B.A. 
and  written  notice  served  on  him  by  the  City  Marshal,  as  directed      '^  ^°5 
in  the  second  section  of  this   ordinance,   that  said  owner,  agent  or 
occupant  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of    a  misdemeanor,  and  on  con- 
viction, be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less    than    ten    dollars  nor 
more  than  fifty  dollars. 

SEC.  6.     That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from    B  A 
and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law.  °'/6>5 

Approved  August  20,  1879. 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  IX. 


An  Ordinance  prohibiting  communications  with  prisoners  while  in  the  calaboose. 
Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth : 


B.  A.  SECTION  1.     That   it    be   declared   unlawful  for  any  person, 

O.  38    without  the  consent  of  the  Marshal  first  obtained,  to  hold  communi- 
cation with  any  prisoner  or  prisoners  confined  in  the  city  calaboose. 
SEC.  2.     Any  person  delivering  to  a  prisoner  or  prisoners  con- 


O.  38  fined  in  the  city  calaboose,  liquors  or  any  other  article  whatsoever, 
^2      without  the  proper  authority,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misde- 
meanor. 

B  A  SEC.  3.     Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  the 

O.  38    above  ordinance,  shall,  upon  conviction,  be   fined   not   more   than 

fifty  dollars. 

B.  A.  SEC.  4.     This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force,  and  take  effect  from 

o  3     and  after  its  publication,  as  required  by  law. 
Approved  June  10,  1873. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  X. 


An  Ordinance  prohibiting  the  running  at  large   of  cattle,  sheep,  goats,  horses  and 
mules. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort   Worth: 

SECTION  1.     That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  allow 
B.  B.    any  cow,  calf,  steer,  bull,  bullock,  heifer,  sheep,  goat,  horse,  mare, 
g3/4  or  mule,  belonging  to  him  or  her,  or  under  the  control  of  said  per- 
son, to  run  at  large,  on  or  upon  the  streets  of  said  city. 

SEC.  2.     The   city  shall  appoint  a  suitable  person  to  act  as 
O  ?i4  Pound  keeper,  and  shall  furthermore  establish  a  suitable  place  for 
i  2      the  keeping  of  stock  found  upon  the  streets  of  said  city. 

SEC.  3.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  pound  keeper   to   catch 

and  take  up  all  stock,  such  as  are  mentioned  in  §  1,  of  this  ordin- 

0/314  ance,  that  are  found  upon  the  streets  of  said  city,  and   place   the 

^  3      same  in  said  pound.     Any  officer  or  citizen  shall  have  the  right  to 


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catch  any  animal  mentioned  above,  found  upon  the  streets    of  said 
city,  and  delived  the  same  to  the  pound  keeper. 

SEC.  4.     Any  person  who  may  own  any  animal  so  caught  up 
and  placed  in  the  pound,  as  stated  above,  shall  have  the  right  to     ^.  B. 
take  out  his  or  her  said  animal  by  applying   to   the   pound  keeper,      §  4 
and  paying  the  expenses  and  costs  incurred  up  to  the  time  such  ani- 
mal is  taken  out. 

SEC.  5.     For  such  animal  so  taken  up    and    placed   in  said 
pound,  the  pound  keeper  shall  be  entitled  to  a  fee  of  one  dollar 
for  each  day  that  such  animal  remains  in  said  pound,  the  owner  O.  314 
shall  pay,  for  a  horse,  mare,  or  mule,  jack  or  jennette,  fifty  cents,      ^  $ 
and   for  each  cow,  bull,  bullock,  steer,  heifer  or  calf,  twenty-five   ^-  B- 
cents  ;  and  for  each  sheep  or  goat,  twenty-five  cents  ;  and  when  the      \  i 
pound  keeper  shall  sell   any  animal   in    accordance  with  this   ordi- 
nance, he  shall  be  entitled  to  the  further  sum  of  one  dollar  for  the 
expense  and  trouble  incurred  in  working  said  sale. 

SEC.  6.     If  the  owner  of  any  animal  so  taken  up  and  placed 
in  said  pound  as  mentioned   in  the   predeeding   sections,  does  not   0/314 
either  by  himself  or  agents,  apply  for  the  same  in  ten  days,  then      ^  6 
the  pound  keeper  shall  sell  said  animal  to  the  highest  bidder  at  the 
gate  of  said  pound. 

SEC.  7.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  pound  keeper,  upon  placing 
any  animal  in  said  pound,  to  immediately  give  notice  in  three  pub-    B.  B. 
lie  places  in  said  city,  one  of  which  shall  be  at  the  city  hall  door,   °%314 
describing  such  animal,  and  stating  that  if  the  same  is  not  called 
for  in  ten  days  it  will  be  sold  according  to  law. 

SEC.  8.     The  money  so  received  by  selling  said  animals  shall 
be  applied  as  follows :  first,  to  the  payment  of  the  fees  of  the  pound 
keeper,  and  costs  incurred  by  keeping  said  animals  in  said  pound. 
The  balance,  if  any,  shall  be  placed  in  the  city  treasury,  and  if  the 
owner  of  such  animal  shall  make  suitable  and  sufficient  proof  within   Q'®\ 
six  months  after  the  sale  of  such  stock,  that  the  same  at  the  time  of     \  8 
being  placed  in  said  pound,  was  the  property  of  him  or   her,  then 
the  City  Treasurer,  upon  the  proper  order  shall  pay  to  such  owner 
the  amount  of  money  placed  in  the  City  Treasury  arising  from  the 
sale  of  said  stock. 

SEC.  9.     Any   person   who   shall  allow  any  of   the  animals    B  B 
mentioned  in  §  1 ,  of  this  ordinance  under  his  or  her  control,  to  run  O.  314 
at  large  into  and  upon  the  streets  of  said  city,  shall  be  deemed      * 9 


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guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  fined  in  any  sum  not  execeeding  fifty 

dollars. 

B  B  SEC.  10.     That  this  ordinance  take  effect  from  and  after  its 

°-  3H   publication. 

Passed  Dec.  18,  1883. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  XI. 


An  ordinance  regulating  the  City  Cemetery  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth,  and  estab- 
lishing the  office  of  Sexton. 

Be  it  ordained  ly  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.     That  the  tract  of  land  donated  by  J.  P.  Smith  to 
0.238   tne  C^J  of  Fort  Worth  for  the  purpose  of  a   cemetery   be,   and  the 
§  *      same  is  hereby  set  apart  for  the  burial  of  the  dead,  and  shall  be 
known  as  the  City  Cemetery. 

SEC.  2.     The  City  Engineer,  whenever  directed  by  the  City 

Council  shall  survey  the  City  Cemetery  into  avenues,  streets,  walks 

B  A     and  lots,  and  shall  prepare  a  map  thereof,  on  which  the  lots  shall  be 

O.  238   represented  and  numbered,   which   map  shall  be  kept  in  the   City 

Secretary's  office   for  public  inspection  at  all  times,   and   a  copy 

thereof  furnished  to  the  City  Sexton. 

SEC.  3.     A  portion  of  the  City   Cemetery  shall  be  surveyed 

B.  A.    and  set  apart   under   the   direction  of  the    City    Council  for  the 

g  ^3     interment  of  strangers  and  inhabitants  of  the  city  not  owners  of  lots. 

SEC.  4.     The  Mayor  and   Cemetery   Committee  shall  set    a 

B  A     value  not  less  than  five  dollars,  upon  every  Jot  not  set  aside  as  pro- 

O.  238  vided  by  the  foregoing  section  when  surveyed,  before  the  same  shall 

be  subject  to  sale,  and  may  re-appraise  all  unsold  lots  from  time  to 

time,  and  no  lot  shall  be  sold  for  less  than  the  appraised  value. 

SEC.  5.  Any  person  desiring  to  purchase  any  unsold  lot 
shall  pay  the  appraised  value  thereof  to  the  City  Treasurer,  who 
shall  give  to  such  purchaser  a  receipt  therefor,  in  which  shall  be 
stated  the  number  of  lot  proposed  to  be  purchased,  and  on  presenta- 
tion of  such  certificate,  the  Mayor  shall,  at  the  expense  of  the 
purchaser,  execute  a  deed  for  such  lot  to  the  purchaser,  which 
may  be  in  form  as  follows,  to-wit :  k'The  state  of  Texas,  county  of 
Tarrant,  know  all  men  by  these  presents,  that  the  city  of  Fort 


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Worth  in  consideration  of dollars  to  said  city  paid  by 

,   doth  hereby    give,  grant,  release  and   convey  unto   said 

,  lot  number  — ,  in  block  — ,  in  that  plot  of  the  city  ceme- 
tery as  shown  on  the  map  of  said  cemetery,  to  have  and  to  hold  the 

same  with  its  appurtenances  thereto  belonging,  to  said ,  and 

his  heirs  forever,  for  the  purpose  of  burying  therein  his  or  their  Q  ri'g 
dead,  and  for  no  other  purpose  or  use  whatever,  and  subject  to  such       $  5 
general  rules  and  regulations  as  the  City  Council  may  from  time  to 
time  hereafter  establish  for  the  government  of  the   City   Cemetery, 
and  the  said  city  of  Fort   Worth  hereby   covenants   with   the  said 

and  his  heirs,  that  the  said  City   Cemetery   shall  be  kept 

and  preserved  for  the  burial  of  the  dead.     In  witness  whereof  the 
Mayor  of  said  city  has  hereunto  set  his  hand  and  caused  the  seal  of 

said  city  to  be  affixed.     This  —  day  of  ,  18 — .       i \ 

Countersigned, ,  •<  L.  s.   ; 

City  Secretary.  Mayor. 

SKC.  t>.  The  City  Treasurer  shall  keep  a  record  in  which 
shall  be  recorded  the  number  of  every  lot  and  block  hereafter  con- 
veyed, with  columns  ruled  in  his  record  book  for  the  name  of  the 
purchaser,  the  appraisal  price  sold  for,  and  date  of  sale  ;  also  a 
column  for  appraisal  with  date  of  appraisal.  On  thesaje  of  any  lot  he  o.  238 
shall  cause  a  proper  entry  to  be  made  ;  he  shall  also  keep  a  ceme-  ^ 
tery  account  in  which  shall  be  entered  all  moneys  received  and 
expended  on  the  account  of  the  cemetery,  the  name  of  each  pur- 
chaser, the  date  of  purchase,  the  price  paid,  and  shall  report  to  the 
Council  monthly,  and  at  such  other  times  as  directed,  the  condi- 
tion of  said  fund,  and  the  number  of  lots  sold. 

SEC.  7.     That  the  office  of  City  Sexton  is   hereby   created  and 
established,  and  that  there  shall  be    annually    appointed   by    the 
Council,  a  City  Sexton,  ,who  shall  have  charge  of  the  City  Ceme- 
tery, and  shall  keep  the    grounds,    walks   and   avenues   in    order 
and  free  from  obstructions  ;  he  shall  enforce  all  ordinances  of  the 
City  Council  respecting  the  City  Cemetery  and  report  violations   ^'A* 
to  the  proper  officers  for  prosecution  ;  he  shall  prevent  the  burial      \  i 
of  any  body  in  any  lot  sold  to  an  individual  without  the  written 
consent  of  the  owner,  and  shall    prevent   the  burial  of  any  body    o'  23'8 
on  any  unsold  lot  except  in  that  part  set    apart    for    the    burial      $  7 
of  strangers  and  others  not  owners    of  lots;    he  shall  keep  in  a 
well  bound  book,  to  be  furnished  by  the  city,  a  record  in  which 


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shall  be  recorded  the  name,  and  description  if  the  name  is  un- 
known, age,  sex,  nationality,  date  and  cause  of  death  as  near 
as  the  same  can  be  ascertained  of  every  person  interred  in  the 
City  Cemetery,  and  the  number  of  the  grave  beginning  at  the 
northwest  corner  of  the  lot  and  block  on  which  such  person  was 
buried,  and  shall  at  the  end  of  each  month  make  a  written  re- 
port to  the  City  Council  embracing  the  above  particulars. 

SEC.  8.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  dig  or 
cause  to  be  dug  any  grave  in  said  cemetery  upon  any  lot  not 
the  property  of  such  person,  unless  the  same  be  upon  some  lot 

0/23*8  in  that  portion  of  said  cemetery  set  apart  for  the  burial  of 
strangers  and  others  not  owners  of  lots,  or  by  the  written  con- 
sent of  the  owner  of  such  lot,  and  any  person  violating  the 
provisions  of  this  section  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  fined  not  less 
than  five  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

SEC.  9.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Sexton  to  cause  all 
bodies  buried  in  any  lot  without  authority  to  be  removed  to  that 
portion  set  apart  for  the  burial  of  strangers  and  persons  riot  owning 

B.  A.    lots ;  and  the  person  or  persons  causing  such  unlawful  interment, 
9^3     shall,  in  addition  .to  the  penalties  hereinbefore  imposed,  be  liable  to 
the  city  for  all  costs  and  expenses  of  such  removal. 

SEC.  10.  Any  person  who  shall  be  found  discharging  fire- 
arms, unless  a  form  of  burial,  hunting  or  tresspassing  in  any  man- 
ner in  the  city  cemetery,  or  other  place  of  burial  in  this  city,  or 
who  shall  cause  any  disturbance  or  in  any  manner  break  the  peace, 
or  be  guilty  of  any  disorderly  conduct,  or  shall  turn  any  animals 
into  said  cemetery,  or  shall  in  any  manner  deface  or  remove  any 

o!  2-8   tombstone  or  memorial  erected  to  commemorate  the  dead,  or  disturb 
3  I0     any  tree  or  shrub  planted  in  said  cemetery,  or  injure  or  deface  any 

B    A     erections  for  the  preservation  of  said  cemetery,  or  the  graves  therein, 

O.  66  or  who  shall  disobey  any  lawful  order  or  regulation  of  the  City 
^3  Sexton  within  said  cemetery  or  place  of  burial,  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  fined 
in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars, 
provided,  that  any  person  acting  under  orders  from  the  trustees  of 
and  in  regard  to  the  county  cemetery  are  hereby  excepted  from  the 
penalties  and  fines  of  this  ordinance. " 

SEC.  11.  Any  person  who  shall  go  or  remain  upon  the 
grounds  of  the  city  cemetery,  or  other  place  of  burial  in  this  city, 


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before  sunrise  in  the  morning  or  after  sunset  in  the  evening,  without     B.  A. 
permission  of  the  City  Sexton  or  other  person  lawfully  in  charge  of      \  2?i 
such  cemetery,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon 
conviction  thereof  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  ten  nor  more  than 
one  hundred  dollars. 

SEC.  12.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  lewd  woman  or  person 
of  immoral  character,  or  a  person  who  is  at  the  time  intoxicated,  to 
loiter  or  stroll  upon  the  grounds  enclosed  in  said  cemetery  ;  and  any 
such  person  so  offending  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,   o.  238 
and  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than      ^ I2 
ten  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars.     Provided,  that  this  section  shall 
not  be  so  construed  as  to  prohibit  any  person  in  an  orderly  manner 
visiting  the  grave  of  any  deceased  relative  or  friend  by  the  most 
convenient  route  to  said  grave. 

SEC.   13.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Sexton  to  dig,  or 
cause  to  be  dug,  the  grave  of  all  interments  in  said  cemetery,  when 
requested  so  to  do,  and  the  City  Sexton  shall  receive  for  his  services, 
to  be  paid  as  other  funeral  expenses,  the  fees  as  follows,  to  wit :    B.  A. 
For  digging  graves,  $3.00,  for  children  often  years  of  age  and  un-      j*| 
der ;  and  others  $5.00.     For  designating  plat  when  he  is  not  em- 
ployed to  dig  grave,  fifty  cents.     For  keeping  the  records,  number- 
ing the  graves,  and  placing  the  head-board,  fifty  cents. 

SEC.  14.     All  graves  in  the  city  cemetery  shall  be  dug  not  ^  2Ag 
less  than  five  feet  deep.  \  r4 

SEC.  15.     That  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force 
from  and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law.  O.  238 

Approved  July  7.  1880.  *  '* 


ORDINANCE  NO.  XII. 


An  Ordinance  amending  section  4  of  Ordinance  No.  n,  entitled,  "An  Ordinance 
regulating  the  City  Cemetery  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth." 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort    Worth  : 

SECTION  1.     That   section  four,  of  ordinance  No.  11,  entitled    B.  A. 
"An  ordinance  regulating  the  city  cemetery  of  the  city  of  Fort      g254 


32  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 


WortK,"   be   and   the   same   is   hereby   amended  so  as  to  read  as 
follows : 

All  lots  in  blocks  three  and  four,  shall  be  sold  for  not  less  than 
ten  dollars  each,  and  all  lots  in  blocks  five  and  six  and  eleven  shall 
be  sold  for  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars. 

B.  A.  SEC.  2.     That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 

1 154  and  after  its  passage. 

Passed  June  21,  1881. 


ORDINANCE   XIII. 

An  Ordinance  regulating  the  building  of  stacks  and  chimneys  to  mills  and  engines. 
Be  it  ordained  by  the   City   Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth : 

SECTION  1.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  any  and  all  persons  erect- 
ing mills  or  machinery  of  any  kind,  to  be  run  by  steam,  to  build  or 
erect  the  smoke  stack  or  chimney   to  their   furnace,   at  least  forty 
B.  A.    feet  high  from  the  level  of  the  ground,  and  to  cover  the  same  with 
o1^1    some  good  cap  or  spark  arrester  before  he  or  they  shall  attempt  to 
run  their  engine,  and  on  failure  to  comply  with  the  provisions   of 
this  section,  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  be  fined  in  any  sum  not 
less  than  ten  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  and  shall  be  liable 
to  a  like  fine  for  each  and  every  day  that  he  or  they  shall  so  run 

their  engine. 

SEC.  2.  That  all  persons  who  have  erected  mills  and  machinery 
before  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  and  are  running  the  same  with- 
out having  their  chimneys  forty  feet  high  and  covered  with  some 
good  cap  or  spark  arrester,  shall,  when  notified  by  the  Marshal,  upon 
an  order  of  the  Mayor,  or  resolution  of  the  City  Council,  stop  said 
B.  A.  mill  °r  machinery  until  their  chimneys  or  stacks  are  raised  to  the 
°-  ljl  height  of  forty  feet,  and  until  they  shall  cover  the  same  with  good 
caps  or  spark  arresters,  and  for  failure  to  comply  with  the  provisions 
of  this  section  shall  be  liable  to  a  fine  of  not  les  than  ten  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars,  and  shall  be  liable  to  a  like  fine  for  each 
and  every  day  that  he,  she  or  they  shall  run  said  mill  or  machinery 
after  said  notice  without  complying  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordi- 
nance. 


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SEC.  3.     That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from    B- A. 
,„.,,..                  -111  0*171 

and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law.  §  4 

Approved  Sept.  10,  1878. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  XIV. 


An  ordinance  regulating  the  use  of  Stoves  and  to  prevent  fires. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  owner  or  per- 
son having  control  of  any  building  within  the  corporate  limits  of 
said  city  to  have  or  use  any  pipe  or  flue  in  connection  with  any 
stove  unless  constructed  as  hereinafter  provided,  viz  :  In  all  build- 
ings where  other  than  brick  or  stone  flues  are  used,  the  pipe  where 
passing  through  any  ceiling  or  wood  except  the  roof  shall  be  en- 
closed by  an  outer  pipe  or  air  flue  with  an  air  chamber  between  the 
two  of  not  less  than  two  inches  in  diameter,  which  outer  pipe  shall 
extend  not  less  than  six  inches  below  the  ceiling,  or  from  the  wall 
and  not  less  than  one  foot  above  the  roof  and  where  the  pipe  shall  B-  A. 
not  pass  through  any  wood  other  than  the  roof,  the  same  shall  be  \  \ 
so  constructed  as  to  be  not  less  than  six  inches  at  any  point  from 
the  wood  secured  by  sheet  iron  and  shall  extend  not  less  than  four 
feet  above  the  roof;  all  pipes  other  than  stone  or  brick  shall  be 
constructed  of  the  best  quality  of  sheet  iron  or  galvanized  iron  with 
folded  joints,  and  joints  securely  riveted  together  and  braded.  Pro- 
vided, that  Avithin  the  fire  limits  of  said  city  no  pipe  shall  be  used 
in  connection  with  any  stove  except  such  as  are  constructed  of  brick 
or  stone,  and  all  brick  or  stone  flues  shall  be  laid  in  good  mortar 
with  the  inside  securely  plastered,  and  the  walls  of  which  shall  not 
be  less  than  four  inches  thick,  and  all  flues  or  pipes  shall  extend 
above  the  top  of  the  roof.  And  any  person  who  shall  violate  either 
or  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall,  on  conviction,  be  fined 
not  less  than  ten  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

SEC.   2.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person  using  any  stove 
with  any  character  of  flue  other  than  such  as  provided  in  the  forego- 
ing section,  on  notice  from  the  Marshal,  or  any  policeman,  to  remove    B.  A. 
the  same,  and  on  failure  to  comply  with  such  notice,  shall,  on  con-      ^  \  4 
5 


34  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 

viction,  be  fined  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  twenty-five  dollars. 
B.  A.  SEC-  3.     That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 

0.184.   and  after  its  publication. 

Approved  Jan.  2,  1879. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  XV. 


An  ordinance  creating  the  office  of  Fire  Warden,  and  regulating  and  determining 
the  duties  of  the  same,  and  regulating  the  construction  of  and  repairing  of  Flues 
and  Chimneys. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  ; 

B.  A.  SECTION  1.     That  the  office  of  Fire  Warden  in  and  for  the 

O.  200.  c^y  Of  Fort    Worth    be    and    the    same    is    hereby    created    and 


established. 

SEC.  2.     That  it  shall  be    the    duty    of  said   Fire   Warden, 

and  he  shall  have  the  right  at  all  reasonable  hours  in  the  day  time 

to  enter  all  buildings  now  being  built,  and  those  hereafter  to  be 

(^'200    kuilt,  and  those  now  built,  in  the  city  of  Fort  Worth,  and  per- 

\  2.  '  sonally  inspect  all  flues  arid  chimneys,  and  to    condemn    such  as 

in  his  judgment  are  unsafe  in  regard  to    fires,  and    to    give    the 

owners  or  agents  of  the  same  notice  to  repair  the    same    and  to 

place  the  same  in  a  safe  condition. 

SEC.  3.     That  a  notice  in  writing  from  said  Fire  Warden 

served  by  himself  or  any  member  of  the  police  force  upon  the  own- 

O.  200.  ers  or  agents  of  property  to  repair  and  make  safe  a  flue  or  chimney 

^  3*     condemned  and  pronounced  unsafe  by   said  Fire  Warden  shall  be 

deemed  sufficient  notice. 

SEC.  4.     That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of   all  owners  or  agents 

notified  as  required  by  this  ordinance  within    five    days   after  the 

service  of  said  notice  to  repair  and  make  secure  to  the  approval  of 

B.  A.    said  Fire  Warden  all  such  flues  and  chimneys,  and  it  shall  be  un- 

g^0'  lawful  for  any   owner    or   agent   to  use   or    permit  any    flue    or 

chimney  to  be  used  after  the  expiration  of  said  five  days  notice 

until  the  same  has  been  repaired  and  made  secure  to  the  approval 

of  said  Fire  Warden. 

SEC.  5.     That  chimneys  and  flues  shall  in  all  cases,  from  and 


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after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  be  built  of  stone  or  brick,  and  all     B-  A- 
brick  flues  shall  be  at  least  four  inches  thick  and   well  plastered  on      \  5. 
the  inside,  and  no  joist  or  studing  shall  rest  or  be  in  any   manner 
supported  on  said  chimneys  or  liues. 

SEC.  6.     That  no  chimney  or  flue  shall  hereafter  be  hung  or 
suspended  from  the  ceiling  nor  from  the  side  walls,  nor  rest  on  the 
floor  of  any  frame  building,  but  in  all  cases  shall  be  built  or  sup- 
ported from  the  foundation  or  ground  on   stone,  brick  or  wood,  and 
shall  have  at  least  one  foot  of  solid  brick  or  rock  and  mortar  before  o.  200. 
the  thimble  or  pipe  shall  be  inserted,  and  said  thimble  or  pipe  shall     ^ 
be  inserted  at  least  two  feet  six  inches  below  the  ceiling.     Further    B.  B. 
that  this  ordinance  is  not  to  prevent  the  building  of  what  is  known     ^,4/' 
as  double  galvanized  iron  flues  which  are  allowed  to  be  built  without 
the  above  restrictions,  except  that  they  shall  be  built  so  as  to   come 
six  inches  below  the  ceiling,  and  one  foot  above  the  roof  doubled — 
the  balance  to  be  built  single  if  preferred. 

SEC.  7.     That  any  person  or  persons  violating  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  ordinance  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor 

B     A 

and,  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  o.  200. 
one  dollar,  nor  more  than  ten  dollars,  and  shall  be  liable  to  a  like     ^  7 
fine  for  each  and  every  day  that  such  violation  may  continue. 

SEC.  8.     That  no  isolated  or  detached  building  fifty  feet  or    B   A 
more  from  any  other  building  shall  be    subject  to  the  provisions  °;  2°°- 
of  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  9.  That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  B.  A. 
from  and  after  its  passage,  but  the  penal  portion  thereof  from  $2a° 
and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law. 

Approved  July  16,  1879. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  XVI. 


An  Ordinance  regulating  the  storing  of  combustible  matter  within  the  city. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort    Worth: 

SECTION  1.     That  it  shall  be  required  of  every  person  selling 
or  dealing  in  or  having  in  his  possession,  or  £>n  his  premises,  powder 


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B.  A.    or  other  combustible  matter,  to  report  the  same,  together  with  the 
§  i. "    quantity  or  kinds  thereof,  and  the  houses  in  which  the  same  is  stored, 
to  the  City  Secretary,  for  the  guidance  of  the  fire  department. 

SEC.  2.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  to  make  a  Hst 
O.  46.    °f  ^ne  sa^  houses  and  the  combustible  material  stored  therein,  and 
3  2      deliver  the  same  to  the  Chief  Engineer. 

SEC.  3.     Any  person   failing  or  refusing  to  make  a  correct 
B-  Ai    report,  as  herein  required^  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  more  than 
\  3. '    fifty  dollars. 

SEC.  4.     That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
Q  '  .^    and  after  its  passage,  but  the  penal  part  thereof  after  publication  as 
\  4-      required  by  law. 

Approved  Oct.  13, 1873. 


ORDINANCE   NO.  XVII. 


An  Ordinance  regulating  the  keeping  and  storing  of  powder  and  kerosene  and  other 
inflammable  oils  in  the  City  of  Fort  Worth. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth : 

SECTION  1.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  per- 
sons to  store  or  keep  or  permit  to  be  stored  or  kept  on  their  prem- 
ises, or  in  any  house  or  building  under  their  control,  in  the  city  of 
Fort  Worth,  any  powder  over  the  quantity  of  twenty-five  pounds,  or 
any  kerosene  oil  or  other  inflammable  oil  over  the  quantity  of  two 
Q'®'  hundred  and  fifty  gallons  ;  provided  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance 
\  i.  shall  not  be  construed  as  to  apply  to  or  prevent  the  storing  or  keep- 
ing of  powder,  kerosene  or  other  inflammable  oils  in  a  fire  proof 
powder  or  oil  magazine ;  provided  further,  that  the  provisions  of 
this  ordinance  shall  not  be  construed  as  to  prevent  any  railroad  or 
person  from  erecting  safe  and  suitable  buildings  for  the  purpose  of 
storing  and  distributing  oil. 

SEC.  2.     That  any  person  or  persons  violating  the  provisions 

of  this  ordinance  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,   and 

upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  fined  in   any  sum  not  less  than 

B.  A.     twenty-five  dollars  and  not  more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  and  shall 

I  2°'   be  liable  to  a  like  fine  for  each  and  every  day  thereafter  that  such 

violation  shall  continue. 


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SEC.  3.     That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  irom    B- A- 
and  after  its  puplication  as  required  by  law.  \  3.  ' 

Approved  Feb.  7,  1878. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  XVIII. 


An  Ordinance  regulating   the   operation  and  construction   of  cotton  yards  and  for 
the  prevention  of  fires. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City   Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.     That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  per- 
sons to  keep  or  store  any  cotton  in  any  yard,  lot  or   other  place    B    ^ 
nearer  than  twenty  feet  from  any  house  or  building  where  'there  is   O.  241 
any  fire  kept  or  used,  without  the  consent  of  the  owner  of  said 
house  or  building,  unless  the  said  cotton  be  securely  enclosed  and 
covered  so  as  to  protect  it  from  flying  sparks  of  fire. 

SEC.  2.     It  shall   be  unlawful  for  any  person   or  persons  to 
carry  any  lighted  candle  or  lamp,  torch,  brand  or  other  fire,  lighted     fi  A 
smoking  pipes  or  cigars,  in,  through  or  near  any  place  in  this  city  0.241. 
where  cotton,  hay,  straw,  shavings  or  other  combustible  material  is 
stored,  unless  said  fire  be  securely  enclosed  and  protected  in  a  cov- 
ered vessel. 

SEC.  3.     Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions    B.  A. 
of  the  foregoing  sections  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor      ^i- 
and  on  conviction  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars. 

SEC.  4.     That  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  shall  be  in     B  A 
force  from  and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law.  O.  241. 

Approved  August  18,  1V80. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  XIX. 


An  Ordinance  regulating  the  proceedings  of  the  Council. 

A 

Be  it  Ordained  that  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth. 

SECTION  1.     That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Mayor   to  ap- 
point Standing  Committees,  each  to  consist  of  one  Alderman  from 


ORDINANCE^  OF  THE  CITY  OP  FORT  WORTH. 


B- A-    each  ward,  which  Committees  shall  be  as  follows  . — 
\  i.  '  First,  Committee  on  Finance. 

Second,  Committee  on  Claims. 
Third,  Committee  on  Police. 
Fourth,  Committee  on  Fire  Department. 
Fifth.  Committee  on  Streets,  Alleys,  and  Sidewalks. 
Sixth,  Committee  on  Printing. 
Seventh,  Committee  on  Hospital  and  Paupers. 
Eighth,  Committee  on  Public  Printing. 
Ninth,  Board  of  Health 
Tenth,  Committee  on  Public  Schools. 

SEC.  2.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  committees  to  make  re- 
B.  A.    ports  to  the  City  Council  such  facts  as  may  be  deemed  important, 
o  ^4  '  and  each  committee  shall  promptly  and  thoroughly  investigate  and 
report  in  writing  upon  all  matters  referred  to  it  by  the  Council. 

SEC.  3.  The  order  of  business  at  all  regular  sessions  of  the 
Council  shall  be  as  follows  : 

First. — Reading  minutes  of  previous  meeting,  arid  intervening 
special  meetings  and  corrections  thereof  when  necessary. 

Second. — Reports  of  Standing  Committees  in  their  order. 
0. 146.  Third. — Report  of  Special  Committee. 

'i  3-  Fourth. — Unfinished  business. 

Fifth.— Petitions. 
Sixth. — Resolutions. 
Seventh. — Miscellaneous  business. 

SEC.  4.  The  following  rules,  until  altered  shall  be  observed  in 
the  deliberations  of  the  City  Council : 

Rule  1.  No  member  shall  speak  more  than  twice  on  any 
question,  nor  shall  any  member  speak  more  than  once  before  each 
member  so  desiring  shall  have  been  heard. 

Rule  2.  All  votes  of  the  Council  upon  the  election  or  ap» 
B.  A.  pointment  of  any  officer  appointed  by  the  Council  shall  be  by  ayes 
°: *46'  and  noes  and  be  entered  on  the  minutes  of  the  Council  when  de- 

6  4. 

manded  by  any  member  of  the  Council. 

Rule  3.  All  reports  of  committees  shall  be  filed  and  presented 
by  the  Secretary. 

Rule  4.  All  ordinances  after  being  presented  and  read  shall 
lie  over  until  the  next  regular  meeting  after  that  on  which  it  is  pre- 
sented before  final  action  is  taken  thereon. 


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Rule  5.  On  all  points  or  questions  of  order  not  specially  pro- 
vided for  by  law  or  ordinance,  parliamentary  usage  shall  be  observed 
by  members  and  required  by  the  presiding  officer. 

Rule  6.  These  rules,  or  either  of  them,  may  be  suspended  at 
any  time  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  the  Aldermen  present. 

SEC.  5.     That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from    B.A. 
and  after  the  6th  day  of  May,  A.  D.,  1878.  °-  M 

Approved  April  18,  1878. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  XX. 


An  Ordinance  fixing  the  time  of  holding  the  regular  meetings  of  the  City  Council 
of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort    Worth. 

SECTION  1.     That  the  regular  meetings  of  the  City  Council  of  B    B 

the  City  of  Fort  Worth  shall  be  held  in  the  City  Hall  on  the  first  O.  330- 
and  third  Tuesday  of  each  and  every  month  at  two  o'clock,  p.  m. 

SEC.  2.     That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  B.  B. 

and  after  its  passage.  |323°' 

Passed  June  20,  1884. 


ORDINANCE  XXI, 


An  ordinance  describing  the  burial  grounds  and  place  of  deposit  of  filth,  garbage, 
offal,  dead  animals,  and  regulating  the  burial  of  the  same. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth. 

SECTION  1.     That  the  following  described  tract  or  parcel  of 
land  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  designated  and  appointed  as  the 
place  of  deposit  and  burial  of  filth,  offal,  garbage,  dead  animals  and    B.  A. 
other  things  required  by  the  ordinances  of  said  city  to  be  removed     g*3 
from  the  city,  to-wit :     Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  west  bank  of 
the  Trinity  river,  about  two  hundred  yards  above  what  is  know  as 
the  brick  yard  crossing,  thence  north  with  the  west  bank  of  said 


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river,  about  two  hundred  and  fifty  yards  to  a  blazed  post  oak  tree, 
thence  in  a  westernly  direction  with  a  line  of  blaze  trees  to  the 
edge  of  the  prairie,  thence  in  a  southerly  direction  about  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  yards  to  a  blazed  tree,  thence  in  an  easternly 
direction  with  a  line  of  blazed  trees  to  the  river  and  place  of  begin- 
ning. The  same  containing  about  five  or  six  acres. 

SEC.  2.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  persons  hauling  off  privy 
filth  and  substances  of  like  offensive  character,  dead  animals,  fish  or 
fowls,  to  bury  or  inter  the  same  in  said   burial  grounds  in  such 
B.  A.    a  manner  that  it  will  not  be  offensive    to    persons    passing    over 
\2.      or  near  said  grounds  ;  and  any  person  or  persons  failing  to  com- 
ply with  the  requirements  of  this  section  shall  be  deemed  guilty 
of  a  misdemeanor,  and,  upon  conviction    thereof,    shall   be    fined 
in  any  sum  not  less  than  ten  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

SEC.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  such  scavenger  or  persons 
engaged  in  cleaning  privies  to  dig  a  ditch,  one  end  to  be  kept 
open,  not  less  than  four  feet  deep  and  three  feet  wide  in  said 
grounds  for  the  burial  of  all  privy  filth,  etc.,  hauled  off  by  him 
and  to  place  on  the  ends  of  said  ditch  a  board  with  the  name 
of  the  party  owning  and  depositing  in  said  ditch  plainly  marked 
B  A  on  said  board,  and  that  any  person  or  persons  failing  to  comply 
O.  234.  with  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor,  and,  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  fined  in  a 
sum  of  ten  dollars,  and  that  any  person  or  persons  who  shall 
bury,  place  or  deposit  any  privy  filth  or  other  offensive  matter 
or  nuisances  ot  any  kind  in  any  ditch  not  his  own,  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and,  upon  conviction  thereof, 
shall  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  less  than  ten  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars. 

SEC.  4.     That  this  ordinance  shall    take    effect    and    be    in 
B.  A.     force  from  ancl  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law. 
gT"  Approved  May  20,  1880. 


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ORNINANCE  NO.  XXII. 


An  ordinance  relating  to  the  Removal  of  Carcasses. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  Qity  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.     That  .the    owner    or    possessor   of   any    animal 
which  may  die    within    the    corporate    limits    of   the    city    shall,     B  A 
within  twenty-four  hours  after   the    death    of  said   animal    cause    °-  2a 
the  carcass  to  be  removed  beyond  the  limits    of  the    city    or   to 
the  place  of  deposit  of  filth,  etc. 

SEC.  2.     Any  persons  failing  to  comply  with  the  provisions 
of  this  ordinance  shall    be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and    B.  A. 
upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be    fined    not   less    than    two    nor      g  2. 
more  than  ten  dollars  for  each  and  every  offence. 

SEC.  3.     This  ordinance   shall  take   effect  -and    be    in  force    B>A. 
from  and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law.  °-  20 

Approved  April  10,  1873. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  XXIII. 


An  Ordinance  providing  for  the  killing  of  horses  mules  and  asses  diseased  with 
glanders  or  farcy  and  for  the  removal  and  confinement  of  all  such  animals 
where  there  are  good  reasons  to  believe  that  they  are  taking  either  of  said 
diseases. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort .  Worth : 

SECTION  1.     That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Marshal  to 
seize  and  kill  all  animals  of  the  horse  or  ass  species,  diseased  with 
glanders  or  farcy  in  all  cases  where  the  owner  or  person  in  charge    B  A 
of  said  animal  shall  fail  or  refuse  to  immediately  place  and  keep   °- *42- 
said  animal  in  secure  confinement  separate  and  apart  from  all  other 
stock  at  least  two  hundred  yards. 

SEC.  2.     That  in  all  cases  where  there  is  good  reason  to  be- 
lieve that  any  animal  of  the  horse  or  ass  species  are  taking  or  liable    B.  A. 
to  take,  from  contact,  glanders  or  farcy,  or  have  any  disease  liable     g  2j 
to  run  into  any  of  said  diseases,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City 
Marshal,  upon  the  refusal  or  failure  of  the  owners,  to  have  said 


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animal  placed  and  kept  in  secure  confinement  separate  and  apart  at 
least  two  hundred  yards  from  all  other  stock  at  the  expense  of  the 
owner  of  said  animal,  until  said  animal  shall  be  thoroughly  cured 
or  declared  to  be  diseased. 

SEC.  3.     That  for  the  purpose  of  determining    whether  any 
fi         animal  is  diseased  with  farcy  or  glanders,  or  any  disease  liable  to 
O.  242.   run  into  either  of  said   diseases,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the   City 
3*     Marshal  to  employ  a  competent  veterinarian  to  examine  and  con- 
demn said  animal,  at  the  expense  of  the  city. 

SEC.  4.     That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person  or  persons 

owning  any  yard,   lot,   stable  or  other  building,  in  which  animals 

diseased  with  farcy   or  glanders  may  have  been  fed  or  kept,  to 

immediately  thoroughly  disinfect  and  cleanse  said  yard,  lot,  stable 

or  building,  whenever  notified  by  the  City  Marshal  so  to  do ;  and 

B.  A.    that  any  person   or  persons   violating  the  provisions  of  this  ordi- 

\  4.      nance  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  upon  conviction 

thereof  shall  be  fined  one  hundred  dollars  and  that  each  day  that 

such  violation  shall  continue  shall  constitute  a  separate  offence. 

SEC.  5.     That  whereas  a  public  necessity  exists  for  the  imme- 
B.  A.     diate  enforcement  of  this  ordinance,  therefore  that  this  ordinance 
22542'   shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  on  and  after  its  passage,  and  with- 
out ten  days  publication. 

Approved  Sept.  3,  1880. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  XXIV. 


An  Ordinance  levying  a  tax  on  the  keeping  or  owning  of  dogs  in  the  city,and  pro- 
viding for  the  collection  of  the  same,  and  regulating,  restraining  and  prohibit- 
ing the  running  at  large  of  dogs  in  this  city. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.     There  is  hereby  levied  upon  each  and  every  dog 
or  bitch  kept  or  owned  within  this  city,  an  annual  tax  of  two  dollars 
B.  A.    and  fifty  cents,  which  tax  is  due  and  payable  on  the  first  day  of 
°;  2(83'  August  in  each  year,  and  it  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  every  owner 
or  keeper  of  any  dog  or  bitch,  to  pay  over  to  the  Assessor  and  Col- 
lector the  said  tax,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  August  in  each  year 
and  get  a  collar,  and  every  person  failing  to  comply  with  the  pro- 


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visions  of  this  section  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  more  than  ten 
dollars. 

SEC.  2.     Upon  the  payment  of  said  tax  the  Assessor  and  Col- 
lector  shall  furnish   the  owners  of  said  animals  with  a  collar  on    B- A- 
which  is  stamped  the  words  "  tax  paid  "  with  the  year  for  which  the     g  2? 
tax  is  paid,  and  while  said  collar  is  around  the  neck  of  said  animal, 
said  animal  may  run  at  large  in  the  city  except  as  hereinafter  pre- 
scribed. 

SEC.  3.     That  when  any  bitch  may  become  proud  and  in  heat 
her  owner  or  keeper  shall  confine  said  bitch  in  a  suitable  pen  or 
building,  and  any  owner  or  keeper  of  any  bitch  who  shall  fail  to     B  . 
comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum    0.236 
not  less  than  ten  dollars,  and  said  bitch,  while  £o  running  at  large, 
may  be  taken  and  killed  by  the  City  Marshal  or  any  policeman. 

SEC.  4.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  police  officers  to  capture 
and  impound  in  a  pen,  to  be  provided  by  the  City  Council  of  said 
city,  and  called  the  "  dog  pound,"  any  dog  or  bitch  found  running 
at  large  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth  with- 
out a  collar  as  prescribed  by  section  two  of  this  ordinance,  and  it    B.  A. 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Marshal  to  kill  all  dogs  or  bitches      g2£  " 
remaining  in  the  dog  pound  twenty-four  hours  after  their  respective 
capture  and  impounding,  being  unclaimed  and  unredeemed  as  here- 
inafter prescribed. 

SEC.  5.  The  owner  or  keeper  of  any  dog  or  dogs,  or  bitches, 
captured  and  impounded  under  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance 
shall  be  permitted  and  allowed  to  redeem,  reclaim  and  again  receive 
possession  of  said  dogs  or  bitches,  upon  payment  to  the  City  Mar- 
shal of  the  sum  of  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents  for  each  dog,  which 
said  sum,  so  paid,  shall  by  him,  the  said  City  Marshal,  be  paid  over 
to  the  City  Treasurer  for  the  use  and  benefit  of  the  city,as  well  as 
all  other  money  received  under  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance; 
provided,  there  may  be  allowed  to  the  City  Marshal,  out  of  the  B  A 
money  received  by  him  under  the  provisions  of  this  section,  a  sum  0. 236. 
not  to  exceed  two  dollars  per  day,  to  be  paid  to  the  police  officer,  or 
to  any  person,  to  be  employed  by  the  City  Marshal  to  capture  and 
impound  dogs ;  provided  further,  that  the  city  shall  in  no  case  be 
held  responsible  for  any  part  of  the  wages  to  be  paid  to  said  party 
so  employed  by  the  City  Marshal. 

SEC.  6.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Marshal  to  see  that 


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B- A-    this  ordinance  is  strictly  enforced ;  provided,  that  this  ordinance 
g  6.      shall  not  apply  to  dogs  following  countrymen  in  the  city. 

SEC.  7.     The  Marshal  and  police  officers,  or  any  other  person, 
B.A.     shall  have  the  right  to  shoot  or  kill  any  rabbid  .dog,  or  any  dog  in 
°  g2?6'  ^e  streets  which  shall  manifest  a  disposition  to  bite. 

SEC.  8.     That  this  ordinance  shall  lake  effect  and  be  in  force 
B- A-    from  and  after  its  publication,  as  required  by  law. 
°V%6'  Approved  July  7,  1880. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  XXV. 


An  Ordinance  relating  to  Dogs. 
Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort   Worth  : 

SECTION  1.     Any   person   taking   a  collar  from  a  dog  upon 

which  the  tax  has  been  paid,  or  placing  the  figures  of  the  year  as 

B.  A.    aforesaid  upon  the  collar  of  a  dog  upon  which  the  tax  has  not  been 

g  3     paid,  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof  before  the  Mayor,  be  fined  not 

less  than  twenty-five  dollars. 

SEC.  2.     This  ordinance  to  be  in  force  and  take   effect   from 
O  ^2    and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law. 
2*6  Approved  April  29,  1874. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  XXVI. 


An  Ordinance  regulating  the  running  at  large  of  Dogs,  and  punnishing  the  Owners 
thereof,  etc. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the   City  of  Fort    Worth: 

SECTION  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  hereafter  for  any  person  to 
allow  and  permit  any  dog  or  dogs  belonging  to  them,  or  under  their 
control,  to  run  at  large  on  the  streets  of  said  city,  between  the  first 
day  of  June  and  the  fifteenth  day  of  October  without  having  placed 
on  the  said  dog's  mouth  a  muzzle  made  of  wire  or  other  substance 
that  will  prevent  said  dog  from  biting. 

SEC.  2.     If  any  dog  shall  be  hereafter  caught    or  be  on  the 


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streets  of  said  city  after  the  first  day  of  June,  and  prior  to  the  fif- 
teenth day  of  October,  without  having  a  muzzle  over  his  mouth  as 
stated  in  §  1,  of  this  ordinance,  then  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
city  Marshal  or  any  policeman  of  said  city  to  immediately  take  pos- 
of  said  dog,  and  immediately  kill  the  same. 

SEC.  3.  Any  person  violating  §  1,  of  this  ordinance  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  fined  in  any  sum  not  exceed- 
ing fifty  dollars. 

SEC.  4.  That  this  ordinance  take  effect  from  and  after  its 
publication  according  to  law. 

Passed  July  15,  1884. 


ORDINANCE  XXVII. 


An  Ordinance  regulating  Hotel  Drummers. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth : 

SECTION  1.     That  every  porter,  runner,  or  person  soliciting 
patronage  of  any  traveler  or  person  for  any  hotel  or  public  house 
within  the  City  of  Fort  Worth,  while  engaged  in  soliciting  patron-    £•  A- 
age,  wear  conspicuously  on  some  part  of  his  person    a    badge  or      %  i 
plate,  with  the   name    of  the    hotel    or    house   for    which    he    is 
soliciting,  painted  or  engraved  thereon  in  legible   characters,  and 
any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall,  on  con- 
viction thereof,  be  fined  five  dollars. 

SEC.  2.     Any  person  pursuing  the    calling    of  a    porter   or 
runner   of  any   hotel   oj1  public  Chouse,  or  other  person  soliciting 
patronage  for  such  house,  or  the  driver  or  manager  of  any  carriage, 
omnibus  or  other  vehicle,  who  shall  speak  in  a  loud  or  boisterous    B  A 
tone  or  manner,  or  who  shall  use  any  profane  or  obscene  language,  O.  159 
or  who  shall  touch  any  traveler  or  person  or  any  article  of  baggage 
unless  by  permission  of  the  possessor  or  owner  thereof,  or  who  shall 
harrass,  disturb  or  importune  any  person  shall,  on  conviction  thereof, 
be  fined  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

SEC.   3.     Any  porter,  hotel  runner  or  other  person  who  shall 
go  upon  the  platform  of  any  railroad  company  on  the  arrival  of  pas-    B.  A. 
senger  trains,  and  when  passengers  are  leaving  the  same,  for  the      g  3 


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purpose  of  soliciting  the  custom  or  patronage  of  any  passenger  for 
any  hotel,  public  house,  omnibus,  carriage  or  other  vehicle,  or  who 
shall  make  representations  of  any  kind  to  induce  passengers  to  go 
to  any  particular  house  or  vehicle  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof, 
be  fined  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

SEC.  4.     That  this  ordinance  take  eifect  and  be  in  force  from 

T»  A 

O.'  ^9    and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law. 
2  4  Approved  May  29,  1878. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  XXVIII. 


An   Ordinance  regulating  and  restraining  Street  Drummers. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.     That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  engaged 
in  soliciting  custom  for  any  person,  firm  or  association  engaged  in 
the  sale  of  goods,  wares  or  merchandise  of  any  kind  to  stop  or  detain 
B.  A.     any  person  upon  the  streets,  sidewalks  or  public  place,  or  in   any 
°'oII61    manner  to  harrass,  disturb  or  importune  any  person  or  to  take  hold 
of  any  person  or  any  article  belonging  to  or  possessed  by  such  per- 
son, and  any  person  so  offending  shall,  on  conviction  thereof,   be 
fined  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  twenty  dollars. 
B  A  SEC.   2.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Marshal  and  policemen  to 

O.  161    arrest  with  or  without  warrant  any  person  violating  the  provisions 
of  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  3.     That  this  ordinance  take  eifect  and  be  in  force  from 

B   A 
0. 161    and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law. 

2  3  Approved  June  7,  1878. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  XXli. 


An  Ordinance  defining  and  regulating  the  powers  and  duties  of  the  presiding  offi- 
cers, judges  and  clerks  of  elections  held  in  the  city  of  Fort  Worth. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 
SECTION  1.     That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  presiding  officer 


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of  elections  of  each  of  the  wards  in  this  city  to  appoint  two  judges 
and  two  clerks,  who,  together  with  the  presiding  officer,  shall  be 
managers  of  elections;  provided,  that  if  the  presiding  officer  is 
unable,  fails,  refuses  or  neglects  to  act,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  B  A 
Mayor  to  appoint  another,  and  in  case  no  appointed  presiding  officer  °-  I02 
appear  to  open  the  polls,  the  qualified  electors  may  appoint  such 
officer,  who  shall  perform  the  same  duties  and  have  like  power  and 
authority  to  act  as  a  first  appointee ;  but  in  that  case,  the  managers, 
in  their  returns,  shall  certify  that  the  presiding  officer  failed  to 
attend,  or  neglected  to  act,  and  that  the  person  acting  as  such  was 
duly  chosen  by  the  electors  present. 

SEC.  2.  The  managers  of  elections  shall  be  sworn  to  well  and 
truly  conduct  the  election  without  partiality  and  prejudice,  and 
agreeable  to  law  and  according  to  the  best  of  their  skill  and  under- 
standing, which  oach  shall  be  administered  by  the  Mayor  or  any 
justice  of  the  peace.  The  presiding  officers  and  judges  thus  qualified,  fi 
shall  have  power  to  administer  oaths  necessary  to  the  performance  of  O.  102 
their  official  duties.  When  any  person  offering  a  vote  shall  be 
objected  to  by  any  one  qualified  to  vote  at  such  election,  the  man- 
agers shall  examine  him  on  oath  touching  the  points  objected  to,  and 
if  he  fail  to  establish  his  qualification  to  their  satisfaction,  his  vote 
shall  be  rejected,  and  if  he  satisfy  the  managers  that  he  is  qualified 
to  vote,  he  shall  be  allowed  to  cast  his  ballot  and  the  clerk  shall 
write  opposite  his  name  "  sworn." 

SEC.  3.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  managers  of  elections, 
in  each  of  the  wards  of  the  city,  to  open  the  polls  at  8  o'clock  a.  m., 
and  keep  the  same  open  until  6  o'clock  p.  m.,  with  the  privilege  of 
a  recess  of  one  hour  from  12  to  1  o'clock.  Should  the  polls  not  be 
promptly  opened  by  8  o'clock  a.  m.,  the  time  thus  lost  shall  be 
extended  beyond  the  hour  of  6  p.  m.,  so  as  to  secure  the  full  period 
of  nine  hours  for  voting  purposes  ;  that  each  of  the  clerks  write  and 
number  the  name  of  each  voter  at  the  time  of  voting,  and  one  of  the 
judges  in  every  case  at  the  time  of  receiving  the  ticket  or  ballot  shall 
write  on  it  the  voter's  number  corresponding  with  the  number  on  the 
clerk's  list ;  and  no  manager  or  other  officer  of  election  shall  unfold 
or  examine  the  vote  received,  nor  shall  they  examine  the  endorse- 
ment on  the  ticket  by  comparing  it  with  the  clerks  list  of  voters 
when  the  votes  are  counted  out,  nor  shall  they  examine  nor  permit 
to  be  examined,  by  any  other  person,  the  tickets  subsequent  to  their 


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being  received  into  the  ballot  box,  except  as  provided  by  the  laws  of 
the  state  of  Texas.  That  immediately  after  closing  the  polls  the 
O  102  managers  °f  election  shall  proceed  to  count  the  votes  in  the  presence 
§3  of  two  voters  of  their  ward,  of  good  repute,  and  shall  continue  such 
count,  without  interruption,  until  all  the  ballots  voted  at  such  elec- 
tion are  counted ;  provided,  that  no  ticket  not  numbered  as  pro- 
vided in  chis  section  shall  be  counted  or  noticed  in  counting  the 
vote,  nor  shall  either  of  two  or  more  tickets  folded  together  be 
counted,  they  shall  make  up,  certify  and  sign  the  returns  in  dupli- 
cate, one  of  which  shall  be  sealed  up  and  retained  by  the  presiding 
officer  for  future  use  as  a  reference,  in  case  of  a  contested  election ; 
the  other  copy  shall  be  sealed  up  with  the  name  of  the  presiding 
officer  written  across  the  seals  and  by  the  presiding  officer,  or  in  his 
absence  or  inability  by  one  of  the  judges  or  clerks,  delivered  in  open 
session  to  the  City  Council  on  the  next  day,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as 
practicable.  The  officer  so  delivering  the  same  shall  make  oath 
before  the  Mayor,  or  one  of  the  Aldermen,  that  the  returns  by  him 
delivered  have  not  been  altered  or  opened  since  being  pigned  and 
,  sealed  as  aforesaid. 

SEC.  4.     That  each  of  the  presiding  officers,  judges  and  clerks 
B- A-     of  elections,  shall  be  paid  by  the  City  Council  the  sum  of  two  dollars 
\  4     per  day  while  engaged  in  holding  said  election. 

SEC.  5.     That  any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this  ordi- 
O.  102   nance  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  convic- 
3  5      tion  thereof,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  fifty  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars. 

SEC.  6.     That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
B-  A.    an(j  after  its  passage  ;  but  the  penal  portion  thereof  from  and  after 
\  6      its  publication  as  required  by  law. 
Approved  March  22,  1877. 


ORDINANCE  NO.   XXX. 


An  ordinance  regulating  the  duties  of  City  Engineer. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the,  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.     The  City  Engineer  shall  keep   an  office   at   the 


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City  Hall,  and  shall  preserve  in  his  office  all  maps,   plats   and  sur- 
veys of  the  city,  and  all  records  and  papers  relating  thereto,   and    B    A 
all  profiles  and  maps  showing  grades  and  lines  of  streets  and  alleys   O   176 
established  by  order  of  the  Council,  and  all  plans  and  specifications 
of  all  structures  built  by  the  city. 

SEC.  2.     It   shall   be   his  duty  when  required  by  the  City 
Council  to  ascertain  the  established  monuments  of  the  city,  and 
from  them  when  required  so  to  do  to  locate,  establish  and  survey    B.  A. 
all  private  property,  streets  or  alleys  of  the  city,  and  to  give  grades      '§2 
of  streets  or  alleys  to  persons  desiring  to  build  or  construct  side- 
walks or  curbings. 

SEC.  3.  It  shall  be  his  duty  when  directed  by  the  City  Coun-  g.  A. 
cil  to  superintend  all  work  done  by  the  City  Council  upon  the  °'o176 
streets,  alleys  and  public  grounds  or  sidewalks. 

SEC.  4.     That  whenever  called  upon  by  the  owner,   agent  or 
lessee  of  any  property  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city   to   do 
so  ;  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Engineer  to  survey  the  same,    B.  A. 
measuring  from  the  nearest  established  monument  of  the  city,   and      \  4 
shall  give  to  such  parties  when  required  field  notes  and  plots  of  such 
surveys. 

SEC.  5.     He  shall  have  for  all  services  performed  by  order  of 
the  City  Council,  and  for  which  no  fees  are  provided,  such  compen-    B.  A. 
sation  as  the  Council  may  from  time  to  time  allow,  or  may  be  agreed      j  *7 
upon  by  the  Council  and  City  Engineer. 

SEC.  6.  That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  B  A 
and  after  its  passage.  O.  176 

Approved  October  4,  1878. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  XXXI. 


An  ordinance  defining  the  duties  and  autnority  of  City  Engineer. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.     That  the    City  Engineer  elect  shall,  before  en-    B  A 
tering  upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  qualify  in  the  manner  prescribed   O.  294 
by  the  charter  of  the  city. 
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50  ORDINANCES  OP  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 

SEC.  2.     He  shall  be  the  custodian   of  all  papers,  petitions, 
contracts,  maps  of  the  city  and  additions  thereto,   plans  and  specifi- 
cations of    public  buildings  and  improvements  and  of  such  other 
o'^J4  matters  as  may  pertain  to  public  impovements,   receiving  from  his 
\  2      predecessor  and  receipting  therefor  such  papers  as  may  have  accrued 
and  passing  them  in  like  manner  to  his  successor  in  office. 

SEC.  3.     He  shall  be  ex-officio  a  member  of  all  committees 

B.  A.    appointed  to  consider  the  opening  of  streets,   alleys,  or  roads,   or 

'^   other  public  improvements,  the  removal  of  obstructions  to   public 

travel,  sewerage  and  drainage  and  shall  receive  due  notice  of  their 

meeting. 

SEC.  4.     He  shall  have  the  sole  superintendence  of  all  im- 
provements, shall  at  the  request  ef  the  Council  furnish   such   plans, 
specifications  and  general  professional  information  as  may  be  neces- 
sary to  assist  the  Council  in  its  deliberations,  shall  have   charge  of 
0/294   a^  lettings  and  the  making  of  contracts,   subject,  however,  to  the 
2  4      approval  of  the  council,  shall  report  from  time  to  time  the  progress 
of  such  improvements  as  may  be  in  execution,  and  without  his  ap- 
proval no  contractors  shall  receive  pay  for  work  done  or   alleged  to 
be  done. 

SEC.  5.     The  City  Engineer  shall,  when  required  by  the  Coun- 
cil, and  in  accordance  with  the  ordinances  at  such  time  made,  furnish 
property  owners  having  frontage  on  proposed  street  improvements, 
the  grade  and  alignment  of  such  improvements,  and  it  shall  be  his 
B.  A.     duty  to  report  to  the  City  Council  at  the  earliest  meeting  thereafter 
°o2^4  any  wilful  neglect  or  refusal  to  comply  with   instructions  given    in 
regard  to  the  same.     He  shall  furnish  estimates  of  the  value  and 
costs  of  sidewalks,  crossings,  etc.,  and  complete  lists  of  the  property- 
holders  fronting  thereon,  showing  their  frontage  and  the  amount  to 
be  assessed  against  them. 

SEC.  6.     It   shall  be  his  duty,  upon  receiving  notice  of  any 

obstructions   to    travel  streets  or  alleys,  or  of  any  want  of  proper 

drainage  thereof,  to  investigate  the  same  promptly  and  report  the 

Q'  ^'    most  advantageous  method  of  speedy  relief  to  the  Council,  or  pro- 

\  6     per  Committee,  and  in  case  such  obstructions  shall  be  caused  by 

private  parties,  his  notice  to  abate  the  same  shall  have  the  effect 

of  an  order  of  the  Council. 

B.  A.  SBC.  7.     All  surveys  necessary  to  be  done  in  the  interest  of 

\  7      the  city  shall  be  made  under  his  charge. 


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SEC.  8.     All   private  parties  desiring  surveys  made  of  their 
premises  shall  receive  at  the  hands  of  the  City  Engineer   prompt    B  A 
attention,  and  those  requesting  it  shall  receive  from   him  a  certifi-   O.  294 
cate  of  such  survey.     The   fees   for  such  work   done  for  private 
parties  shall  in  no  case  exceed  these  set  forth  in  ordinance  No  — . 

SEC.  9.     It  shall  be  his  duty  to  see  that  all  buildings  built  in 
Fort  Worth  are  erected  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the 
ordinance  governing  grades,  fire  limits,  etc.,  and  such  other  ordi-   o."  294^ 
nances  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  enacted,  and  he  shall  issue      ^9 
building  permits  to  all  parties  desiring  to  build  within  the  corporate 
limits. 

SEC.  10.  He  shall  keep  books  sjiowing  the  number  and  nature  B.  A. 
of  permits,  grade  certificates,  etc.,  issued,  which  shall  be  open  to  o«29* 
inspection  during  ordinary  business  hours. 

SEC.  11.     He  shall  have  charge  of  the  sewerage  and  drainage, 
and  all  matters  connected  therewith,  shall  issue  permits  for  the  con-    B.  A. 
nection  of  house  drains  with  the  sewers,  shall  inspect  such  connec-      \  M  ' 
tions  when  made  and  ascertain  that  they  are  in  accordance  with  the 
prescribed  form, 

SEC.   12.     In  conjunction  with  the  Mayor  and  the  City  Coun- 
cil, he   shall    have  charge  of  the  removing  of  garbage  and   night  o.  294". 
soil,  prepare  the  contracts  and  supervise  the  performance  of  the     \  I2- 
same. 

SEC.   13.     He  shall  have  the  power  to  appoint  an    assistant 
whose  authority,  until  evaded,  shall  be    similar   to    his   own,  and     B- A- 
official  acts  of  the  assistant  shall  be  when  certified  to  by  the  En-     \  13 
gineer,  of  the  same  effect  as  his  own. 

SEC.   14.     The  City  Engineer  shall  either  in  person  or  by  his   o"  294\ 
assistant  be  present  at  the  regular  meetings  of  the  City  Council.  8  '4 

SEC.'  15.     This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  immediately  at  the    B.A. 

O.  294. 
date  of  its  passage.  g 15. 

Approved  Oct.  23, 1882. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  XXXII. 


An  Ordinance  to  prohibit  fast  midnight  driving  and  running  horse  races. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City   Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth : 


5 a  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 

SECTION  1.  Any  person  who  shall  ride  or  drive  any  horse,  mule 
B  A     or  other  animal  in,  along  or  across  any  public  square,  street,  alley  or 
O.  221.   public  place  in  this  city  in  a  gait  faster  than  an  ordinary  or  moder- 
ate gait  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  on  conviction 
shall  be  fined  not  less  than  two  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

SEC.  2.     Any  person  who  shall  ride  or  drive  any  horse,  mule 
or  other  animal  around  any  street  corner  lying  on  the  public  square 
or  on  or  across  any  bridge  or  causeway  within  the  city  in  a  gait 
B.  A.    faster  than  an  ordinary  walk,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misde- 
g  2.  '  meaner,  and  on  conviction  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  two  nor  more 
than  fifty  dollars  ;  provided,  that  this  section  and  §  1,  of  this  ordi- 
nance, shall  not  apply  to  the  fire  companies  when  going  to  a  fire. 

SEC.  3.     Any  person  who  shall  run  or  be  in  any  way  connected 

in  running  'any  horse  race  in,  along  or  across  any  public  square, 

0^221    street  or  alley  in  this  city,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor, 

?  3-     and  on  conviction  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  twenty-five  nor  more 

than  one  hundred  dollars. 

0. 221.  SEC.  4.     This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 

and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law. 
Passed  Jan.  6,  1880. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  XXXIII. 


An  Ordinance  for  the  protection  of  the  lives  and  property  of  the  citizens  on  the 
public  streets  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth : 

SECTION  1.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  per- 
sons to  leave  standing  upon  the  public  square,  or  any  public  street 
or  alley  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth,  any  horse  or  horses,  mule  or  mules, 
harnessed  to  any  wagon,  carriage,  buggy  or  other  vehicle,  unless  said 
horse  or  horses,  mule  or  mules,  shall  be  well  and  securely  fastened 
to  a  post  firmly  set  in  the  ground  or  sidewalk,  or  to  a  ring  and 
staple  securely  and  firmly  placed  in  the  sidewalk  for  that  purpose, 
or  to  a  cast  iron  weight,  with  ring  attached,  weighing  not  less  than 
thirty  pounds. 

SEC.  2. .    It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons  to 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 


hitch  or  fasten  any  horse  or  horses  mule  or  mules  or  any  other  ani- 
mal to  any  awning  post,  fence,  lamp  post  or  shade  tree  in  the  city 
of  Fort  Worth. 

SEC.  3.  Any  person  or  persons  violating  §§  1  and  2  of  this 
ordinance,  or  either  of  them  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and 
upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five 
dollars  nor  more  than  twenty-fire  dollars  for  each  and  every  offence. 

SEC.  4.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  on  and  after  its  pub- 
lication according  to  law. 

Passed  Aug.  11,  1884. 


ORDINANCE   NO.  XXXIV. 


An  ordinance  establishing  the  Fees  and  Salaries  of  the  Officers  of  the  City  of  Fort 
Worth. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort   Worth  : 

SECTION.  1.     That  in  every  case  of  a  violation  of  the  city  ordi- 
nances of  the  city,  or  for  a  violation  of  any  of  the  penal  laws  of  the 
state,  of  which  the  Mayor  or  Recorder  has  jurisdiction,the  defendant    B.  B. 
upon  conviction  shall  pay  costs  according  to  the  following  rates  to-     *g2j" 
wit :     The  Mayor  of  said  city  shall  be  allowed  an  annual  salary  of 
six  hundred  dollars,  and  shall  receive  no  other  compensation. 

SEO.  2.     The  Marshal  shall  receive  the  following  fees  to-wit: 

For  each  arrest  with  or  without  warrant,  $1.00. 

For  each  witness  summonsed,  50  cents. 

For  taking  and  approving  bond,  $1.00. 

For  each  commitment,  75  cents. 

For  summonsing  a  jury,  $1.00. 

For  each  case  tried  before  the  Recorder's  court,  a  jury  fee      '  fi 
of  50  cents.  O.  299 

For  executing  a  search  warrant,  $1.00 

For  levying  execution,  70  cents. 

For  returning  execution,  40  cents. 

For  all  cases  for  carrying  deadly  weapons,  the  fee  for  making 
arrests  shall  be,  $2.50. 


54  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OP  FORT  WORTH. 


And  that  in  addition  to  the  above  fees  the  marshal  shall  be 
allowed  an  annual  salary  of  ten  dollars  only. 

B.  B.  gEC<  3.     TQ  the  Recorder  of  said  city  there  shall  be  allowed 

§  i.      a  monthly  salary  of  seventy  -five  dollars  and  no  other  compensation. 

B.  B.  SEC.  4.     There  shall  be  allowed  in  each  case  tried  by  a  jury  a 

°22"'  Jury  fee  to  each  person  serving  as  a  juror,  to  be  taxed  as  cots  and  to 

be  paid  by   the   defendant  only  upon  conviction,  the  sum   of  fifty 

cents. 

SEC.  5.     To  the  policemen  there  shall  be  allowed  a  monthly 
salary  of  sixty  dollars,  and  said  policeman  shall  receive  no  other 


compensation  whatever. 

SEC.  6.  The  City  Attorney  shall  receive  as  a  compensation 
for  his  services  :  1st,  For  every  conviction  under  the  ordinances 
of  said  city,  a  fee  of  three  dollars,  except  in  cases  of  carrying  con- 
cealed weapons,  and,  in  said  cases  he  shall  be  allowed  a  fee  of  five 
dollars,  to  be  taxed  as  costs  against  the  defendant.  2d,  And  for 
O.  299  writing  ordinances,  all  bonds  required  by  said  city  or  its  officers, 
^  5  defending  said  city  in  the  county  and  district  court  of  Tarrant 
county,  in  the  supreme  court  and  in  the  court  of  appeals,  and  in 
the  federal  courts  in  this  state,  and  in  defending  the  officers  of  said 
city  and  the  aldermen  of  said  city  inany  and  all  cases  arising  out 
of  their  official  duties,  and  in  performing  all  other  duties  required 
by  the  City  Council  he  shall  receive  a  salary  of  ten  dollars  per 
annum. 

SEC.   7.     The  City  Secretary  shall  be  clerk  of  the  Mayor's 

court  arid  custodian  of  all   the  records,  papers  and  documents  of 

B.B.     said  court,  and  shall  record  the  judgment  and  proceedings  of  said 

\\      court,  and  shall  receive  the  following  fees  to  be  taxed  as  a  part  of 

the  costs  in  each  case  tried  and  convicted  before  said  court  to-wit  : 

For  taxing  costs  including  copy  thereof  to  defendant,  10  cents. 

For  docketing  each  cause,  10  cents. 

For  recording  judgment  in  each  cause,  50  cents. 

For  receiving  fine  and  cost,  and  paying  over  same  to  proper 
officer,  $1.30. 

As  Secretary  for  the  Council  the  City  Secretary  shall  re- 
ceive an  annual  salary  of  ten  dollars. 

SEC.  8.  To  the  Aldermen,  for  attending  each  regular  meet- 
0/299  ing  of  the  Council,  $4.00. 

For  attending  each  called  meeting  of  the  Council,  $2.00. 


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SEC.  9.  That  the  fees  of  the  City  Engineer  for  making 
surveys  for  private  individuals  shall  be  as  follows  :  per  lineal 
mile  necessary  to  arrive  at  ground  to  be  surveyed  starting  from 
fixed  point,  $3.00. 

For  survey  of  ordinary  lot,  $4.  B    B 

For  survey  of  ordinary  block  not  exceeding  five  acres,  $5.00.   °;|"' 

For  surveying  block  exceeding  five  acres  for  each  additiona 
acre,  25  cents. 

Establishing  grade  of  lot,  $2.50. 

Provided  that  maps  and  plots  shall  be  furnished  at  prices 
mutually  agreed  upon,  and,  provided  further,  that  the  cost  of  the 
requisite  chainmen  shall  be  borne  by  the  party  desiring  the  sur- 
vey, and  shall  receive  from  the  city  a  salary  of  one  hundred 
dollars  per  month. 

SEC.  10.     The  City  Treasurer  shall  receive  as  compensation 
for  his  services  an  annual  salary  of  ten  dollars  and  shall  receive   o.  299 
no  other  compensation,  fees  or  perquisites.  §  9 

SEC.  11.     The  assessor  and  collector  shall  receive  as  a  com-        T3 

-D.  r>. 

pensation   for    his    services    as   follows :     For   assessing   the    ad-  0. 299. 
valorem  tax  one  and  one-half  per  cent  on  the  amount  of  taxes 
assessed  by  him.     For  collecting  occupation  or    other   taxes    five 
per  cent  on  all  amounts  collected  by  him. 

SEC.  12.     In  no  case    shall  the  city  be  liable  for  any  costs 
allowed  in  this  ordinance  when  not  actually  collected  in  money  from   o.  299. 
the  defendant,  nor  shall  the  city  pay  any  costs  which  may  be  worked     2  "• 
out  by  the  defendant  on  the  streets  or  otherwise. 

SEC.  13.     That  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force    **•  B- 

o.  299. 

from  and  after  the  first  day  of  April  A.  D.,  1883.  \  12. 

Passed  Dec.  28,  1882. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  XXXV. 

An  Ordinance  prohibiting  the  leaving  of  wagons,  and  erection  of  sheds  or  structures 
of  any  kind  on  the  Public  Square,  and  the  hitching  of  horses  or  other  animals 
to  the  Court  House  fence. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  Qity  of  Fort   Worth: 
SECTION  1.     That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  vehicle,  boxes, 


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R  A  barrels,  lumber,  wood,  or  material  of  any  kind,  or  any  article  for 
0. 160.  sale,  to  be  or  remain  upon  the  Public  Square  for  a  longer  time  than 
twelve  hours,  and  any  person  owning,  possessing  or  having  the  con- 
trol of  such  article  who  shall  permit  the  same  to  remain  upon  said 
square  for  a  longer  time  than  twelve  hours  shall,  on  conviction 
thereof,  be  fined  not  less  than  one  nor  more  than  twenty  dollars. 

SEC.  2.     That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person    to   erect 

upon  the  Public  Square  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  any  tent,  shed, 

B-  A-     advertising  boards,  structures  of  any  kind,  and  any  person  violating 

^  2      the  provisions  of  this  Section,  shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  be  fined 

not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  twenty  dollars. 

SEC.  3.     That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  hitch  any 

horse  or  other  animal  to  the  fence  enclosing  the  Court  House,  or  to 

0. 1 60.  Post  anJ  notice,  bills,  or  advertisements  on  the  same  in  any  manner, 

3  3-     and  any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this  Section,  shall,  on 

conviction  thereof,  be  fined  not  less  than  one  nor  more  than  twenty 

dollars. 

SEC.  4.     That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
0. 160  and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law. 
?  4'  Approved  May  29,  1878. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  XXXVI. 


An  Ordinance  relating  to  the  fire  department,  the  election  of  officers  thereof,  and 
the  appointment  of  a  fire  police,  and  defining  the  duties  thereof. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth : 

ARTICLE  I. 

SECTION  1.     The  fire  department  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth 
shall  consist  of  officers  and  members  of  all  engine,  hook  and  ladder 
OB-  B*    and  hose  companies  now  organized  and  admitted  to  the  fire  depart- 
Art.  i,  ^i.ment  under  the  rules  and  regulations  provided  therefor. 

SEC.  2.     The  officers  of  the  fire  department  shall  consist  of 

one  Chief,  one  First  Assistant  Chief,  one  Second  Assistant  Chief, 

B.  B.    one  Third  Assistant  Chief,  to  be  elected  annually  by  ballot,  on  the 

O.  340.  £  gt  Monday  in  May,  to  be  chosen  from  the  members  of  the  fire 

Art.  I   6  2.  *  •*'' 

department,  subject  to  confirmation  by  the  City  Council ,  and  when 


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so  elected  and  confirmed,  shall  hold  their  respective  offices  until 
their  successors  are  duly  elected  and  qualified. 

SEC.  3.     When  any  vacancy  shall  occur  by  death,  removal  or 
otherwise  the  companies  shall  meet  and  select  such  persons  as  they 
desire  to  fill  the  unexpired  term  and  report  the  name  of  the  person 
so  selected,  to  the  Council  for  appointment,  and  if  the  City  Council     B  B 
should  refuse  to  appoint  the  person  so  selected,  then  they  shall  select    0. 340 
some  other  person,  and  so  continue  until  the  person  so  selected  is 
confirmed  by  the  Council ;  provided,  that  no  person  shall  be  elegible 
to  the  olfice  of  Chief  or  Assistant  Chief  unless  he  shall  have  been  a 
member  of  the  fire  department  at  least  one  year  next  proceeding 
his  election. 

SEC.  4.     Each  Company  shall   elect   annually   one   foreman, 
one  first  assistant  foreman,  one  second  assistant  foreman  and  such     B- B- 
other  officers  as  they  may  desire ;    a   certificate  of  which    electionArt.'  i  §  4. 
shall  be  furnished  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Company  to  the  Mayor, 
that  the  officers  so  elected  may  be  duly  commissioned  by  him. 

ARTICLE  II. 

SECTION  1.     In  case  of  fire  or  other  assembling  of   the  fire 
department  the  Chief  shall  assume  control  and  be  obeyed  in  all 
things  pertaining  thereto.     In  the  absence  of  the  Chief  the  highest  Q.  vjo 
in  rank  of  the  Assistant  Chiefs  present  shall  assume  his  authority  Art.  2,  §  i. 
and  responsibility.     The  officers  of  the  respective  companies  shall 
yield  prompt  and  cheerful  obedience  to  the  orders  of  the  officer  in 
charge,  and  members  of  companies  shall  promptly  obey  the  orders  of 
their  company  officers. 

SEC.  2.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Chief,  or  other  officer  act- 
ing as  Chief,  in  command  at  fires,  to  establish  a  post  of  observation,    B>  B 
to  be  designated  in  day  time  by  a  red  flag  and  at  night  by  a  red  °-  340. 
lantern,  at  which  post  he  shall  remain  during  the  progress  of  the 
fire,  and  direct  the  operations  of  the  department,  except  when  his 
presence  at  some  other  portion  of  the  field  is  temporarily  indis- 
pensible. 

,  ARTICLE  III. 

FIRE  POLICE. 

SEC.  1.     The  police  committee  shall  appoint,  subject  to  approval 
8 


5<?  *    ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  Ob  FORT  WORTH. 

B.  B.     by  the  Council,  six  good  men  not  members  of  the  fire  department. 
An'!4?! to  constitute  and  be  known  as  the  "  Fort  Worth  Fire  Police." 

SEC.  2.     The  Fort   Worth   Fire  Police  shall  elect  their  own 
Chief  and  Assistant  Chief,  who  shall  be  commissioned  by  the  Mayor 

L/.J4O  *  v 

Art.  3,  g2.and  shall  hold  their  offices  until  the  first  Monday  in  May  next  after- 
date of  their  commission  and  until  their  successors  are  elected  and 
commissioned. 

B  B  SEC.   3.     The  Fort  Worth  Fire  Police  shall  be  independent  of 

°-  34o.  but  act   in  conjunction  with  the  fire  department  of  Fort  Worth, 

Art.  3,  1 3-        ,       A,  -  .A  „, 

under  the  orders  of  its  own  officers. 

SEC.  4.     The  duties  of  the  members  of  the  Fire  Police  shall 

be  to  attend  at  all  fires,  and  under  the  orders  of  their  officers  to 

preserve  the  peace  and  protect  property,  to  prevent  robbery  and 

crime,  to  prevent  interference  or  meddling,  if  necessary,  of  persons 

QB  340.   not  belonging  to  the  premises  or  interested  therein,  and  not  belong- 

Art.3,  |  4  ing  to  the  regular  police  or  fire  department.     They  shall  be  vested 

with  authority  and  power  to  arrest  persons  charged  with  committing 

crime  at  fires  generally,  to  do  alt  that  may  be  deemed  necessary  for 

the  protection  and  safety  of  persons  and  of  property  at  fires.    They 

shall  also  have  the  power  and  authority  to  prevent  incendiarism  and 

to  arrest  parties  committing  or  charged  with  committing  the  same. 

SEC.  5.     The  Mayor,   when   present  at  fires,  shall  have  com 

E  B      mand  of  the  fire  police  and  shall  issue  orders  thereto  through  its 

O.  840.   officers,  but  in  the  absence  of  the  Mayor  the  officer  of  the  Fire  Police 

A  r  t    "2    %    C 

in  command  shall  make  such  disposition  of  his  men  as  he  may  deem 
best. 

SEC.  6.     Each  member  of  the  Fire  Police  shall  be  furnished 

with  a  badge  marked  with  the  words  "  Fire  Police  Fort  Worth,"  to 

be  worn  on   the  left  breast.     The  said  badge    shall   be   sufficient 

evidence  that  the  person   wearing  the  same  is  a  member  of  said 

0*340    police.     Each  member  of  the  Fire  Police  shall  be  furnished  with  a 

Art.  3,  \  6.r0pe  thirty  feet  long  with  a  ring  at  one  end  and  a  hook  at  the  other 

by  means  of  which,  through  the  order  of  their  commanding  officer 

streets  may  be  closed  or  goods  saved  may  be  enclosed  and  secured. 

Each  member  of  the  Fire  Police  shall  be  responsible  for  the  safe 

keeping  of  his  rope  and  have  it  with  him  at  all  fires. 

SEC.  7.     Each  member  of  the  Fire  Police,  shall  receive,  for  each 
fire  at  which  he  may  do  duty,  the  sum  of  two  dollars ;  provided, 


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however,  that  no  member  shall  receive  more  than  four  dollars  for  any  o.  340. 
one  day's  service.  Art-  3-  £  7- 

SEC.  8.     Any  person  not  a  member  of  the  Fire  Police  wearing     H  |; 
a  Fire  Police  badge  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  con-   0. 340. 
viction  thereof;  shall  pay  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than   r'3' 
twenty-five  dollars. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

GENERAL  PROVISIONS. 

SECTION  1.     It   shall  be   the  duty   of   the   Chief  of  the  fire 
department,  at  least  once  a  week,  to  make  a  thorough  inspection  of    B-  I!- 
the  houses,  apparatus,  buildings  and  other  public  property  in  theArt.  4,  $  i. 
use  of  the  various  companies,  to  see  that  they  are  at  all  times  in 
good  condition  and  ready  for  use,  and  to  make  a  full  report  of  the 
condition  of  the  department  on  the  first  days  of  January,  April, 
July  and  October  in  each  year. 

SEC.   2.     No  person  shall  use  any   of  the  tools   or  apparatus 
belonging  to  the  fire  department  without  first  obtaining  the  consent     K  j., 
of  the  Chief  of  the  fire  department ;  'and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  °-  34° 
every  fireman,  knowing  of  any  such  offence,  to  report  the  same  to 
his  foreman,  and  said  foreman  to  make  complaint  to  the  City  Mar- 
shal, who  shall  take  action  in  the  matter,  and  any  person  convicted 
for  violation  of  this  article  shall  pay  a  fine  of  not  less  than  one  nor 
more  than  five  dollars. 

SEC.   8.     Racing  to  and  from  fires  is  not  allowed  under  any 

i>    B 

circumstances,  under  penalty  of   dismissal ;  and  if  the  apparatus  of  o.  340. 
several  companies  are  proceeding  on  the  same  street  to  or  from  anyArt-  4»  £  3- 
fire,  they  shall  do  so  in  single  file. 

SEC.  4.     Any  driver  of  a  steam  fire  engine,  hose  cart,  hook 
and  ladder  company,  or  any  other  apparatus  belonging  to  the  fire     },  }, 
department,  who  may  carelessly  or  willfully  come  into  collision  with   O.  340. 
any  other  vehicle  while  going  to  or  from  a  fire,  shall  be  responsible 
for  all  damages  that  may  occur. 

SEG.  5.     Drivers  shall  see  that  their  horses  are  at  all  times    L.  B. 
properly  secured  and  attended  to,  arid  any  driver  neglecting  or  ill-A°;  ^ '  s 
treating  his  horses  shall  be  dismissed. 

SEC.  6.     All  drivers  of  city  teams,  when  the  same  are  hitched 
to  fire  apparatus  of  any  kind,  going  to  or  from  fires,  or  alarms  of 


bo  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 

fires,  or  on  parade,  drill  or  other  exercise  or  assemblage  of  the  fire 

B-   B-    department,  or  any  part  of  the  some,  shall  be  and  considered  and 

Art.  4,  $  e.treated  as  a  member  of  the  fire  department,  subject  to  the  rules, 

regulations  and  by-laws  of  the  same,  and  shall  at  such  time  promptly 

obey  th  officers  of  said  department. 

SEC.  7.     Drivers  shall  be  appointed  by  the  fire  committee,  sub- 
ject to  confirmation  by  the  Council,  upon  the  recommendation  of 
their  company.     Drivers  refusing  to  obey  orders  of  their  officers,  or 
B>  B     for  other  misconduct,  may  be  suspended  by  the  Chief  of  the  depart- 
O-  340    ment,  who  shall  immediately  report  .the  same  to  the  committee  on 
fire  department ;    and  if  said   committee  approve    of   the    Chiefs 
action  in  the  premises,  said  suspension  shall  be  final  and  a   new 
driver  shall  be  appointed.     In  case  of  suspension  of  a  driver  by  the 
Chief  he  may  select  a  driver  to  act  temporarily  until  the  case  is 
decided  by  the  committee  on  fire  department. 

SEC.  8.  All  drivers  of  city  teams,  when  driving  their  teams, 
hitched  to  wagons  on  street  works,  shall  be  subject  to  the  street  and 
alley  committee,  and  shall  not  be  considered  as  firemen,  but  merely 
as  employees  of  the  city,  and  the  chairman  of  the  committee  on 
O.  340.  streets  and  alleys  may  dismiss  any  driver  on  duty  under  his  commit- 
Art.  4,  \  8.tee  at  anv  tjme?  for  refusal  to  obey  orders,  or  other  misconduct,  and 
if  all  of  his  committee  concur  with  him,  the  dismissal  shall  be  abso- 
lute, but  if  the  committee  disagree  the  case  must  be  referred  to  the 
Council.  In  case  of  a  dismissal  of  a  driver  by  the  street  and  alley 
committee,  the  chairman  thereof  shall  immediately  notify  the  chair- 
man of  the  committee  on  fire  department  to  appoint  a  temporary 
driver. 

SEC.  U.     Drivers  while  on  duty  as  firemen  shall  be  considered 
O.  340.  volunteers  and  receive  no  pay  for  their  services.     But  for  their  ser- 
rt'  4  *  9' vices  on  the  street  each  driver  shall  receive  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars 
per  month. 

SEC.   10.     In  case  of  an  alarm  of  fire  when  out  on  the  streets? 
K  15.     drivers  shall  instantly,  without  awaiting  orders,  unhitch  their  teams, 
A^'?t°j0  leave  their  wagons  on  the  spot,  when  they  hear  the  alarm,  and  hurry 
to  their  apparatus,  and  resume  their  work  after  the  fire  is  extin- 
guished. 

SEC.  11.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Chief  of  the  fire  depart- 
ment, in  addition  to  his  duties  in  fire  department,  to  inspect  all  flues, 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH.  6r 


chimneys  and  fire-places  in  the  city  limits,  notify  property  owners 
when  the  same  are  dangerous  and  order  them  to  change  the  same  so   O.  340. 
that  they  will  not  be  dangerous  to  adjoining  property.  rt*  *** 

SEC.  12.     That  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  con-    B.  B. 
flict  with  this  ordinance,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed.  A  9'  31°' 

x\rt.  4)X  ^ 

SEC.  13.     That  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect  from  and  after 
its  publication. 

Passed  July  15, 1884. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  XXXVII. 


An  Ordinance  allowing  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the    Fire   Department  a  salary  and 
causing  him  to  give  bond,  etc. 

Be  it  ordained  by  flie  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

p  B 
SECTION  1.     That  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the  fire  department  of  0/331. 

said  city  be  allowed  a  salary  of  seventy-five  dollars  per  month  for      ^  * 
his  services  as  such  Chief. 

SEC.  2.     The  Chief  of  die  said  department  shall  be  the  custo- 
dian of  all  the  property  under  the  control  of  the  department  which 
belongs  to  the  said  city  and  for  the  safe  handling,  careful  manage-     B.  B. 
rnent  and  protection  of  the  hose  carriage,  hook  and  ladder  truck,   °;^3I 
engines  and  appurtenances   belonging  to  each  of  the  above,   the 
horses,  harness,  etc.,  belonging  to  each.     He  shall  be  required  to 
give  a  bond  payable  to  the  city  of  Fort  Worth,  in  the  sum  of  twenty- 
five  hundred  dollars,  which  said  bond  shall  be  conditioned  as  above, 
and  approved  by  the  Mayor  of  said  city. 

SEC.  3.     That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from     B.  B. 
and  after  its  passage.  g  J*1 

Passed  July  2,  1884. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  XXXVIII. 


An  Ordinance  establishing  the  Fire  Alarm  Bell  and  regulating  the  ringing  of  the 
same,  and  prescribing  the  duties,  etc.,  of  the  Fire  Department. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth : 
SECTION  1.     That  the  bell  erected  on  the  City  Hall,  and  En- 


62  ORDINANCES  OI<   THE  CITY  OP  FORT   WORTH. 

Q  '  j  '    gine-room  be,  and  the  sajne  is  hereby  defined  to  be,  the  fire-alarm 
2  i       bell  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth. 

SEC.  2.    -That  in  case  of  fire  it  shall  be  lawful,  and  is  hereby 
j,    A     made  the  duty  of  any  and  all  persons  to  sound  the  fire-alarm  by  a 

°    *35   continuous  and  rapid  ringing  of  the  fire  bell  for  ten  minutes,  and, 
$  2&  0. 113  . 

$  i       also,  in  case  of  riot,  the  Mayor  may  ring  the  fire  bell  to  call  out  the 

citizens  to  quell  the  same. 

SEC.   3.     That  it  shall  be  lawful,  and  it  is  hereby  made  the 
duty  of  the  engineer  of  the  engine  company,  or  some  other  person 
by  his  permission,  to  give  the  following  signals  for  meetings  of  the 
Fire  Department  and  Fire  Companies,  viz  :   For  a  regular  or  call 
0/135   meeting  of  the  M.  T.  Johnson  Hook  and  Ladder  Company,  No.  1., 
{-  3      two  quick  taps  of  the  fire-alarm  bell,  with  an   interval  of  ten  sec- 
onds ;  for  a  regular  or  call  meeting  of  the  Psmther  Engine  Com- 
pany No.  2,  three  quick  taps   of  the  fire  alarm  bell,  with  an  inter- 
val of  ten  seconds ;  for  a  regular  or  call  meeting  ot  the  Fire  De- 
partment, four  quick  taps  with  an  interval  of  ten  seconds. 

SEC.   4     That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons 
to  ring  the  fire  bell  except  for  the  purposes  provided  in  the  first  and 
B-  A-    second  Sections  of  this  ordinance,  and  that  any  person  violating 
\  4  '   the  provisions  of  this   ordinance  shall  be   deemed  guilty  of  a  mis- 
demeanor, and  upon   conviction   shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less 
than  ten  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

SEC.  5.  Each  of  the  fire  companies  respectively  may  adopt 
such  constitution,  By-laws,  and  regulations  for  their  government, 
subordinate  to  the  ordinances  of  the  city,  as  they  may  deem  best 
calculated  to  accomplish  the  objects  hereby  contemplated,  to  adopt, 
H.  A.  fix  and  impose  reasonable  fines  and  penalties  for  nonattendance  at 
°- 96-  meetings  regular  or  special,  for  disobedience,  want  of  discipline  or 
any  other  offence  against  the  law,  rule  or  regulation  of  such  com- 
pany, and  each  of  said  companies  shall  annually  choose  from  among 
its  own  members  such  officers  as  they  may  require  in  accordance 
with  their  respective  constitutions  and  in  the  same  manner  provided 
therein. 

SEC.  6.  The  different  fire  companies  under  the  control  and 
direction  of  their  respective  officers,  shall,  upon  an  alarm  of  fire, 
repair  to  the  place  of  the  fire  with  the  engines  and  other  fire  ap- 
paratus under  their  care,  and  there  work  and  manage  under  the 


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chief  engineer  and  his  assistants,  and  in  case  of  their  absence,  place     B  A 
and   work    the  engines   and   other  apparatus  in  the  most  effectual    0. 96. 
manner  until  the  fire  shall  be   extinguished,  and  shall  not  remove 
therefrom  but  by  permission  of  an  engeneer  if  any  should  be  pre- 
sent, and  on  such  permission  they  shall  return  their  engines  and  fire 
apparatus  to  their  respective  places  of  deposit. 

SEC.  7.     The  engineer  in  command,  or  in  the   absence    of  all 
engineers,  the  Mayor,  or  in  the  absence  of  the    Mayor,  two    Alder- 
men, may  direct  the  Hook  and  Ladder  men  to  cut  down  and  re- 
move  any  building  or  buildings,  erection  or  erections,  or  fence  or    J*-  A- 
fences,  for  the  purpose  of  checking  the  progress  of  the  fire,  and  the      \  8 
engineer   in    command,  with  the   advice    and   concurrence    of  the 
Mayor,  or  in  the  absence  of  the  Mayor,  two    Aldermen    shall    have 
the  power  to  blow  up  or  cause  to  be  blown  up  with  powder  or  other- 
wise, any  building  or  buildings  or  other  erections  during  the    pro- 
gress of  the  fire,  for  the  purpose  of  extinguishing  or  checking  the 

same. 

SEC.  8.     The    Chief  Engineer   and  assistant   engineers  shall 
while  on  duty  wear  a  leather  hat  or  cap  painted  white  with  gilded     B.  A. 
front,  and  carry  a  bright  metal  speaking  trumpet.     On  the  front  of     1 1 
the  leather  cap  of  the  Chief  Engineer,  also  of  those    of  the    assist- 
ants, shall  be  painted  the    rank  of  office  which   they    respectively 
hold.     And  this  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  Dec.  31,  1877. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  XXXIX. 


An  Ordinance  establishing  Fire  Limits,  and  regulating  the  character  of  Buildings 
to  be  placed  therein. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth . 

SECTION  1.  All  that  property,  blocks  and  lots  bounded  on 
the  north  by  Weatherford  street  and  the  public  square,  and  on  the 
west  by  Throckmorton  street,  and  on  the  east  by  Rusk  street,  and 
on  the  south  by  Seventh  street,  including  all  blocks  and  lots  on 
Main,  Houston  and  cross  streets  between  said  boundaries,  and  that 
certain  block  on  the  west  side  of  the  public  square,  bounded  on  the 


f>4  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 

B  fi     north  by  Belknap  street,  on  the  west  by  Throckmorton  street,  and  on 
O.  318    the  south  by  Weatherford  street,  and  also  the  west  half  of  that  certain 
&       block  situated  on  the  east  side  of  the  public  square,  bounded  on  the 
C?"-2o    north   ^7  Belknap  street,    the  east  by   Calhoun  street,  south,  by 
§i.      Weatherford   street;  also    that    certain    property  and  blocks  and 
lots  situated  between  the    following  boundaries ;  bounded   on  the 
south  by  the  railroad  donation,  on  the  north  by  Fifthteenth  street, 
on  the   west    by  Throckmorton  street,  and  on  the   east   by    Cal- 
houn street ;  all  of  the  above  lots  and  blocks  embraced  within  the 
boundaries  herein  mentioned,  shall    and  do  hereby  constitute  the 
fire  limits  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth. 

SEC.  2.     That  any  person    or    persons    who    shall    build    or 

place  in  or  upon  any  blocks  or  lots  within  any  of  the  boundaries 

B.  B.    described  above  to-wit :  within  the  fire  limits  as  laid  out  in  §  1, 

°-  3l8    of  this  ordinance,  or  be  concerned  in  building  or  placing  therein 

any  building  or    structure    of  wood    or    combustible    material    or 

erect  any  wooden  frame  work  to  be  covered  with  tin,  sheet  iron 

or  any  other  material  shall  be  fined  in  the  sum  of   fifty  dollars. 

SEC.  3.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Marshal  to  remove 

B.  B.     any  s^h  structure  as  mentioned  in  §  2,   of  this    ordinance    that 

\  3      may  hereafter  be  built  within  the  fire  limits  of  said  city. 

SEC.  4.     That  all  ordinances  in  conflict  with  this  ordinance 

O         "D 

O.  318  or  appertaining  to  the  fire  limits  be   and    the    same    are    hereby 
$  4      repealed. 

SEC.  5.     That  this  ordinance   take    effect   and   be   in    force 

i>.  i>. 

O.  318    from  and  after  its  publication,  according  to  law. 
1  s  Passed  February  5,  1884. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  XL. 


An  Ordinance  prohibiting  the  shooting  off,  firing  or  discharging  of  Fire-arms;  the 
firing,  exploding  or  setting  off  of  Squibs,  Firecrackers,  Torpedoes,  Roman  Can- 
dles, Sky-rockets  or  other  things  containing  powder  or  other  explosive  matter, 
or  the  throwing  of  any  fire  balls,  or  making  of  any  bon-fires  in  the  corporate 
limits  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons  to 
shoot  off,  fire,  or  discharge  any  gun,   pistol,  revolver  or  any  fire- 


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arm  of  any  description,   or   to  fire,   explode  or  set  off  any  squib, 
firecracker,  torpedo,  roman  candle,  sky-rocket,  or  other  thing  con-     B  A 
taining  powder  or  other  explosive  matter,  or  to  throw  any  fire-ball   O.  233 
or  make  any  bon-fire  in  the  corporate  limits  of  this  city,  and  that     ^  l 
any  person  or  persons  violating  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance, 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and,  on  conviction  thereof, 
shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than   one  dollar  nor  more  than 
one  hundred  dollars.     Provided  that  this  shall  not  apply  to  any 
licensed  shooting  gallery  nor  to  the  shooting  of  dogs  running  at 
large  in  violation  of  the  city  ordinances. 
Approved  May  20,  1880. 


ORDINANCE  XLI. 


An  Ordinance  prohibiting  the  sale  of  Unwholesome  Food  or  Drink. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort    Worth  : 

SECTION  1.     That  whoever  shall  sell  or  offer  for  sale  within     p  \ 
this  city  any  milk  produced  from  any  sick  or  diseased  cow  shall,  for  °-?278 
each  offence,  be  fined  in  any  sum   not  less  than  twenty  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars. 

SEC.  2.     Whoever  shall  sell  or  offer  to  sell  or  keep  or  expose    B 
for  sale  within   said  city   any  tainted,   unhealthy  or  unwholesome  0. 278 
meat  or  other  substance  for  food  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  twenty 
nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

SEC.  3.     Whoever  shall  sell,  offer  to  sell  or  keep  or  expose  for    3.  A- 
sale  within  this  city   any  impure  or  unhealthy  ice  shall,  for  each   ^'o2?8 
offence,  be  fined  not  less  than  twenty  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars. 

SEC.  4.     Whoever  shall  sell,  offer  to  sell,   or  keep  or  expose    B  A 
for  sale  within  this  city,  any  ice  shipped   or  brought  into  this  city  O.  278. 
for  the  purpose  of  cooling  and  preserving  beer  or  any  other  sub- 
stance,  shall  be  fined  not  less    than  twenty  nor  more  than    one 
hundred  dollars. 

SEC.  5.     That  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force 
from  and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law.  0^278. 

Passed  June  13,  1882. 
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ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  XL1I. 


An  Ordinance  regulating  the  sale  of  Corrupted  and  Unwholesome  Substances,  and 
prohibiting  the  sale  of  same. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.     If  any  person  shall,  knowingly,    sell  the  flesh 

of  any  animal  dying  otherwise  than  by  slaughter,   or  slaughtered 

**•   **•    when  diseased,  or  shall  sell  any  kind  of  corrupted,   diseased  or  un- 

l  i      wholesome  substance,  whether  for  food  or  drink,   without  making 

the  same  fully  known  to  the  purchaser,  he  shall  be  fined  not  less  than 

twenty  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

SEC.  2.     If  any  person   shall   sell  -any  milk  which  has  been 

adulterated  in  any  way  by  water  or  otherwise,  or  any  liquid  pre- 

B.  B.     tended  to  be  milk  which  has  been   so  compounded  as  to  resemble 

\  2      milk,  but  in  fact  made  out  of  some  other  substances   and   not  milk, 

shall  be  deemed  guilty  of 'a  misdemeanor,  and  fined  in  any  sum  not 

less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  twenty-five  dollars. 

SEC.  3.     If  any  person   shall  fraudulently  adulterate  for  the 

purpose  of  sale  any  substance  indicated  for  food  or  any  liquid  or 

6/325.   spiritous,  vinous  or  malt  liquids  intended  for  drink  with   any  other 

£  3-     substance  injurious  to  health,  he  or  she  shall   be  fined  in  any  sum 

not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars. 

SEC.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Physician  at  any 
time  he  may  see  proper  to  examine  any  and  all  meats  sold  in  the 
city,  and  at  any  time  examine  milk  which  may  be  for  sale,  and  the 
City  Physician  shall  at  any  time  requested  by  an  officer  or  citizen 
make  an  examination  of  any  meats  and  milk  that  may  be  taken  to 
B.  B.  him  for  examination,  and  upon  his  failure  to  so  examine  said  meats 

'-?^'  and  milk  he  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a   misdemeanor  and  fined  in 

#  4-  tt       J 

any  sum  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  And  any  party  or  parties  re- 
fusing to  allow  the  City  Physician  at  any  time  to  examine  meats 
and  milk  which  he  or  they'have  for  sale,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of 
a  misdemeanor,  and  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  nor  more 
than  twenty-five  dollars. 

B- A-  SEC.  f>.     This  ordinance  to  take  effect  from  and  after  its  pub- 

<">•  32>   v      . 
%  e       lication. 

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ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OP  PORT  WORTH.  67 


ORDINANCE  NO.  XLIII. 


An  Ordinance  granting  Right  of  Way  to  the  Fourth  Street,  Union  Depot  and  Lake 
Park  Street  Railway  Company,  to  construct  and  operate  a  street  railway  in  the 
City  of  Fort  Worth. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth . 

SECTION  1.  That  in  consideration  of  the  faithful  performance 
of  the  conditions  hereinafter  set  forth  by  the  Fourth  Street,  Union 
Depot  and  Lake  Park  Street  railway  company,  a  corporation  duly 
arid  legally  chartered  under  the  laws  of  this  State,  the  right  of  way 
be  and  is  hereby  granted  to  the  street  railway  company  to  build, 
construct  and  operate  in  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  a  line  of  street  Q'  ?; 
railway,  with  the  necessary  switches,  turn-outs  and  side  tracks,  \  *• 
along  and  upon  the  following  streets,  to  wit :  from  the  western  ter- 
minus of  Fourth  Street  near  the  Weldon  school-house  along  and 
upon  said  Fourth  Street  to  Calhoun  Street,  thence  south  upon  Cal- 
houn  Street  to  Front  Street,  thence  south-east  on  Front  Street,  as 
the  said  Street  Railway  Company  may  elect,  to  Henrietta  Street, 
thence  east  on  i  Lenrietta  Street  to  Missouri  Avenue,  thence  south 
on  Missouri  Avenue  to  the  corporate  line  of  the  City  of  Worth. 

SEC,  2.     That   the  said  right  to  construct  and  operate   the    B.  B. 
said   line  of    railway  as  aforesaid,  is  granted  to  the  said  Fourth  °^]29> 
Street.  Union  Depot  and  Lake  Park  Street  Railway  Company  upon 
the  following  conditions  : — 

First, — The  said  street  railway  company  shall  keep  in  good  re- 
pair all  street  crossings  along  its  line  and  shall  so  construct  its  track 
as  not  to  obstruct  tarvel  on  the  streets  used  by  it. 

Second. — The  said  street  railway  company  shall  commence  the 
work  of  construction  at  their  beginning  point  or  some  other  point  of 
said  line  within  thirty  days  from  the  granting  of  this  right  of  way 
by  the  City  Council,  and  the  same  shall  be  completed  and  equipped 
within  four from  said  beginning  to  the  Texas  and  Pacific  re- 
servation, and  completed  to  their  terminus  within  six  months,  pro- 
vided, the  right  of  way  is  granted  and  a  street  opened  across  the 
said  reservation  within  twenty  days  from  the  passage  of  this  ordi- 
nance. 

Third. — All  the  track  of  said  street  railway  north  of  the  said 


6S  ORDINANCES  OF   THE  CITY  OF  FOR 7^  WORTH. 

reservation  shall  be  laid  with  the  tram  or  Johnson  rail,  and  the 
road-bed  and  eighteen  inches  on  either  side  shall  be  paved  with  the 
Telford-Macadam,  and  all  tracks  south  of  the  Texas  and  Pacific 
track,  the  ordinary  T  rail  may  be  used,  and  the  paving  or  road-bed 
and  the  eighteen  inches  on  either  side  with  gravel  eight  inches 
thick. 

Fourth. — Good  and  substantial  crossings  shall  be  made  on  all 
cross  streets  not  less  than  thirty  feet  wide  and  at  a  grade  of  one  to 
ten.  No  sidings  shall  be  constructed  longer  than  one  hundred  and 
seventy -five  feet  and  shall  not  cross  any  street. 

SEC.  3.     Said  street  railway  company  shall  at  all  times  be  sub- 
|;  K     ject  to  all  police  ordinances  and  regulations  adopted  by  the   City 
O.  329.   Council  under  and  by  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  them  by  the 
*  3      laws  of  this  State. 

B.  B.  SEC.  4.     That  this  ordinance  take  effect  arid  be  in  force  Irom 

°*  329    and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  June  20,  1884. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  XLIV. 


An  Ordinance  giving  certain  parts  of  Prince  street  to  the  Fort  Worth  and  Denver 
City  Railway  Company. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.     That  so  much  of  Prince    street,    or  any    other 

street  having  no  name,  as  extends  from  Morgan  street  south  through 

Adamson's  addition  to  Luella  avenue  between  blocks  144  and  145 

J*'. '«•     of  said  City  of  Fort  Worth  be  and  the    same  is    hereby  vacated 

§  i.      and  the  use  of  the  same  granted  to  the  Fort  Worth  and  Denver 

City  Railway  Company  for  depot  and  railroad  purposes, 
o!  280.  SEC.  2.     This  ordinance  to  take    effect    from    and    after    its 

£ r       passage. 

Passed  June  13,  1882. 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  XLV. 


An  Ordinance  granting  certain  privileges  to   the   Fort  Worth  Street  Railway  Com- 
pany. 

(This  repealed,  except  as  to  Main  street,  Aug.  19,  1884.) 
Be  it  ordained  by  the   City    Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.  That  the  Fort  Worth  Street  Railway  Company, 
a  corporation  duly  organized  and  authorized  by  charter  under  the 
laws  of  Texas,  certified  to  by  the  Secretary  of  State,  under  the 
great  seal  of  the  State  of  Texas,  bearing  date  Jan.  the  8th,  1874, 
be,  and  the  said  company  is  hereby  fully  authorized  and  empowered 
with  the  right  to  construct,  equip,  operate  and  maintain,  own  and 
control,  in  accordance  with  the  conditions  and  terms  in  their  said 
charter  contained,  one  or  more  lines  of  street  railway,  together  with 
all  necessary  switches,  turnouts,  sidings,  stables,  offices  and  depots, 
on  either  or  all  of  the  following  named  streets  and  their  extensions 
in  said  city,  to-wit .  Belknap  and  Weatherford  streets,  running  B.  £• 
east  and  west ;  Jennings  avenue,  Houston,  Main  and  Rusk  streets,  $ 1. 
running  north  and  south,  and  to  such  other  streets  or  avenues  in 
said  city  as  may  on  application  be  designated  by  ordinance  by  the 
said  City  Council  aforesaid  ;  provided,  said  company  shall  construct 
and  operate  at  least  one  line  of  street  railway  on  one  of  the  above 
named  streets  running  from  the  public  square  to  the  Texas  Pacific 
Railway  Depot,  or  vicinity  thereof,  within  eighteen  months  from  the 
date  of  this  ordinance,  or  within  six  months  from  and  after  the  com- 
pletion of  the  Texas  Pacific  Railway  to  the  said  city  of  Fort  Worth  ; 
and  provided  further,  that  said  Fort  Worth  Street  Railway  Company 
shall  fix  a  rate  of  passenger  fare  not  to  exceed  ten  cents  per 
mile  or  less,  and  a  freight  tariff  not  to  exceed  fifty  cents  per  one  hun- 
dred pounds  per  mile  or  less. 

SEC.  2.     That  the  City   Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth 
reserve   the   right   to    determine   when  the  requirements  of  traffic 
necessitates  any  further  track  than  the  one  selected  and  built  by  the     B.  A. 
company  in  pursuance  of  the  right  granted  it  the  first  instance,  and     g'2 
shall  then  notify  the  company  of  their  judgment,  and  specify  the 
street  on  which  they  deem  the  railway  desirable,  ,and  if  the  company 


70  ORDINANCES  Ol<  THE  C77  )    Ufi  FORT  WORTH. 

shall  not  comply   with   said  notice  within   twelve  months,  then  the 
right  to  those  streets  shall  be  forfeited. 

SEC.  3.     That  on  the  filing  by  said  Fort  Worth  Street  Rail- 
way Company  of  a  duly  certified  copy  of  their  said  charter  and  the 
O.  60    W1>itten  acceptance  of  said  company  of  this  ordinance  with  the  Sec- 
§  3-     retary  of  said  city,  said  company  shall  be  authorized  to  act  hereun- 
der  without  further  ordinance  or  permit  by  the  City  Council. 

B    A.  SEC.  4.     That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 

O.6o         .' 
I  4      and  alter  its  passage. 

Passed  July  15,  1874. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  XLVL 


An  Ordinance  granting  certain  rights  and  privileges  to  the  Fort  Worth  Street  Rail- 
way Company. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Citif  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth : 

SECTION  1.  That  the  Fort  Worth  Street  Railway  Company 
be,  and  it  is  hereby  authorized  to  construct,  equip  and  operate  a 
line  of  street  railway  over  and  along  the  following  route :  Beginning 

''  A      at  the  center  of  the  intersection  of  either  Eleventh  or  Twelfth  and 

<  >.  262 

?  i  Main  streets,  on  the  railway  constructed  on  said  Main  street,  thence 
along  the  center  of  said  Eleventh  or  Twelfth  streets  to  the  center  of 
Jones  street,  to  the  railroad  donation  and  to  the  Union  Depot. 

SEC.  2.  That  said  railway  shall  be  constructed  on  such  grades 
as  the  city  or  its  authorities  may  fix  or  prescribe,  and  it  shall  be 
O  262  constructed  in  such  manner  as  to  not  interfere  with  travel  on  said 
streets,  and  the  said  company  shall  keep  the  street  between  the  rails 
of  said  railway  and  eighteen  inches  on  each  side,  graded  up  to  the 
grade  of  said  street  as  established  by  the  city  or  its  authorities. 

SEC.  3.  Said  right  of  way  privileges  are  granted  upon  the 
following  conditions  : 

1st.     That  said  corporation  shall  construct  and  have  in  opera- 

K.  A.     tion  and  in  good  running  order  all  of  said  line  within    days 

<Y362    from  the  1st  day  of  Feb.,  1882. 

2nd.  That  said  corporation  shall  keep  level  the  space  between 
their  tracks  and  for  two  feet  on  each  side  thereof  wvth  similar 


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terial  to  that  with  which  the  balance  of  the  streets  over  which  it 
passes  shall  be  constructed,  and  they  .shall  have  the  top  of  the  rails 
on  a  level  with  the  surface  of  said  street. 

3rd.  That  said  corporation  shall  at  all  times  be  subject  to  all 
police  regulations  and  ordinances  now  existing  or  which  may  be 
adopted  by  the  City  Council  under  and  by  virtue  of  their  power  and 
authority  to  pass  ordinances  for  the  regulation  and  government  of 
street  railways. 

SEC.  4.     That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from    B.  A. 
and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  Dec.  20,  1881. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  XLVIL 

An  Ordinance  granting  the  right  ot  way   to   the    Fort   Worth    Street   City    Railway 
Company  over  and  upon  certain  streets  in  the  City  of  Fort  Worth. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   City   Council  of  the   City  of  Fort    Worth: 

SECTION  1.     That  the  Fort  Worth   Street  Railway   Company 
shall  have  the  right  to  extend  its  lines  on  Seventh  street  to   Taylor,    o.  277 
down  Taylor  to  the  reservation  of  the  Texas  and   Pacific  Railway     ^  I- 
Company,  and  on   Hemphill  and  Lipscomb,   Broadway  and   Main 
streets  on  the  south  side  of  said  reservation. 

SEC.  2.  Said  right  of  way  and  privilege  are  granted  upon  the 
following  conditions :  1st,  That  said  corporation  shall  construct 
and  have  in  operation  and  in  good  running  order,  all  of  said  line 
within  ninety  days  from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance.  2d,  That 
said  corporation  shall  keep  in  good  repair  all  street  crossings  along  ;B.  A. 
the  line  of  their  track,  and  the  track  of  said  railway  shall  be  laid  in  *^2271' 
such  a  manner  as  not  to  obstruct  travel.  3d,  That  said  corpora- 
tion shall  keep  level  the  space  between  their  track,  and  for  eighteen 
inches  on  each  side  thereof,  with  similar  material  to  that  with  which 
the  balance  of  the  streets  over  which  it  passes  shall  be  constructed, 
and  they  shall  keep  the  top  of  their  rails  on  a  level  with  the  surface 
of  said  streets. 


72  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OP  FORT  WORTH. 


SEC.  3.     That  said  corporation  shall  at  all  times  be  subject  to 

^-  A.     all  police  ordinances  and  regulations  now  existing,  or  which   may 

§  3     be  adopted  by  the  City  Council  under  and  by  virtue  of  their  power 

and  authority  to  pass  ordinances  for  the  regulation  and  government 

of  streets  and  railways. 

B.  A.  SEC.  4.     That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 

I  471   and  after  its  passage. 

Passed  May  7,  1882. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  XLVIII. 


An  Ordinance  granting  the  right  of  way  to  the  Fort  Worth  Street  Railway  Company 
over  and  upon  certain  streets  in  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  upon  certain  condi- 
tions, ^etc. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Qity  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.  That  in  consideration  of  the  stipulations  and 
agreement  hereinafter  contained  to  be  kept  and  performed  by  the 
Fort  Worth  Street  Railway  Company,  a  corporation  duly  incorpor- 

O.  296.  ated  under  the  laws  of  Texas,  the  said  corporation  is  hereby  granted 
the  right  of  way  over  and  along  and  upon  the  streets  of  said  city  as 
are  hereinafter  specified  and  designated  for  the  purpose  of  laying 
the  track  of  a  street  railway  and  operating  the  same  thereon. 

SEC.  2.  Said  street  railway  shall  run  over  and  upon  the  fol- 
lowing streets  and  in  the  following  manner,  namely :  Beginning 
at  the  railroad  donation,  and  from  thence-  running  north  on  Taylor 
to  Third  street,  thence  east  on  Third  to  Rusk  street,  thence  north 

B          on  Rusk  street  to  Public  Square,  thence  across  the  Public  Square 

O.  196  to  Weatherford  or  Belknap  street,  and  from  thence  to  the  track  of 
the  Trans-continental  branch  of  the  Texas  and  Pacific  Railway, 
provided  that  said  line  need  not  be  completed  beyond  the  west  end 
of  block  three,  Moore,  Thornton  &  Knight's  addition  to  the  city  of 
Fort  Worth,  unless  a  station  or  a  place  for  the  taking  on  and  off  of 
passengers  is  established  by  said  Texas  and  Pacific  Railway  or  the 
Missouri  Pacific  Railway  Company. 

SEC.  3.     Said  corporation  shall  have  the  right  to  lay,   erect, 

B.  A.    construct  and  put  down  their  track  in  the  center  of  said  streets  to- 
\  2&  '  gather  with  such  a  number  of  switches,   spurs,   turning  tables  and 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  Of  FORT  WORTH.  73 


side  tracks  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  proper  and  advantageous 
conduct  of  the  said  street  railway  line. 

SEC.  4.  Said  right  of  way  and  privileges  are  granted  upon 
the  following  conditions  : 

1st.  That  said  corporation  shall  construct  and  have  in  opera- 
tion and  in  good  running  order  all  of  said  line  within  ninety  days 
from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance. 

2d.  That  said  corporation  shall  keep  in  good  repair  all  street 
crossings  along  the  line  of  their  track,  and  that  the  track  of  said 
railway  shall  be  laid  out  in  such  manner  as  not  to  obstruct  travel.  B  A 

3d.  That  said  corporation  shall  keep  level  the  space  between  O.  296 
the  tracks,  and  for  eighteen  inches  on  each  side  thereof  with  similar 
material  to  that  with  which  the  balance  of  the  streets  over  which 
it  passes  shall  be  constructed,  and    they    shall   have    the    top    of 
their  rails  on  a  level  with  the  surface  of  said  streets. 

4th.  That  sa/d  company  within  and  during  the  year  1883 
extend,  build,  equip  and  keep  in  good  running  order  said  street  road 
across  the  Texas  and  Pacific  road  and  across  the  Texas  and  Pa- 
cific donation,  and  for  at  least  one-half  mile  south  of  the  south 
line  of  the  said  Texas  and  Pacific  rairoad  donation. 

5th.  That  said  corporation  shall  at  all  times  be  subject  to 
ail  police  ordinances  and  regulations  now  existing,  or  which  may 
be  adopted  by  the  City  Council  under  and  by  virtue  of  their 
power  and  authority  to  pass  ordinances  for  the  regulation  and 
government  of  streets  and  railways. 

SEC.  5.     That  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and   be  in  force    B.  A. 

p  T          ,.  O.    2Q6. 

from  and  atter  its  passage.  g  6 

Passed  November  4, 1882 


ORDINANCE  XLIX. 


An  Ordinance  granting  the  Right  of  Way  to  the  Fort  Worth  Street  Railway  Com- 
pany, and  upon  certain  Streets  in  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  upon  certain  concht- 
tions,  etc- 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  Qity  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.  That  in  consideration  of  the  stipulations  and 
agreements  hereinafter  contained  to  be  kept  and  performed  by  the 
Fort  Worth  Street  Railway  Company,  a  corporation  duly  incorpor- 


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ORDINANCES  OP   THE  CITY  Of*  FORT  WORTH. 


ated  under  the  laws  of  Texas,  the  said  corporation  is  hereby  granted 
the  right  of  way  over,  along  and  upon  the  streets  of  said  City  as 
are  hereinafter  specified  and  designed  for  the  purpose  of  laying  the 
track  of  a  street  railway  and  operating  the  same  thereon  together 
with  all  necessary  sidings,  switches  and  turn-outs.  Beginning  at 
the  center  of  the  intersection  of  Hemphill  Street  and  Pennsylvania 
O.  328  Avenue,  thence  east  along  Pennsylvania  Avenue  to  Jennings  Ave- 
%  *  nue,  thence  along  Jennings  Avenue  to  Hattie  Street,  thence  east 
along  Hattie  Street  to  Missouri  Street,  thence  north  along  Missouri 
Street  to  Henrietta  Street,  thence  along  Henrietta  Street  to  Pecan 
Street,  thence  north  along  Pecan  Street  to  the  Texas  an- 1  Pacific 
donation,  thence  to  Jones  Street  on  north  line  of  said  donation, 
thence  north  on  Jones  Street  to  Third  Street,  thence  west  on  Third 
Street  to  the  west  line  of  Rusk  Street. 

SEC.  2.     Said  right  of  way  and  privileges  are   granted  upon 
the  following  conditions  .  First,  that  said  company   i*hall  construct 
and  have  in  operation  and  good  running  order  their  said  road  from 
B     Hemphill  Street  to  Grove  Street  within  ninety  days  from  passage 
O.  328.   of  this  ordinance,  and  the  balance  of  said  line  within  four  months 
*2'      after  the  opening  of  a  street  across  the  said  Texas  nnd  Pacific  Rail- 
road reservation.     Second,  That  said  company  shall  keep  in  good 
repair  all  street  crossings  along  the  line  of  their  track,  and  that  the 
track  of  said  railway  shall  be  laid  in  such  manner  as  not  to  obstruct 
travel. 

SEC.  3.  That  said  company  shall  construct  all  of  their  said 
track  north  of  the  Texas  and  Pacific  reservation  of  Tram  or  John- 
son rail,  and  that  the  road-bed  and  eighteen  inches  on  either  side  of 
the  rail  shall  be  paved  with  Telford-Macndarn  on  all  their  road 
north  of  said  donation.  That  said  company  may  use  trail  and  road 
bed,  and  eighteen  inches  on  either  side  of  said  track,  of  gravel 
OB-  B-  south  of  said  donation.  On  all  cross  streets,  good  and  substantial 
\  3.  crossings  shall  be  constructed  by  said  company,  not  less  than  thirty 
feet  wide  with  a  grade  of  one  to  ten.  No  siding  shall  be  constructed 
longer  than  one  hundred  and  seventy-five  feet,  and  shall  extend  across 
no  street ;  that  all  of  said  railway  north  of  said  donation  shall  be 
completed  in  three  months  from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  4.     That  said  said  corporations  shall  at  all  times  be  sub- 

B-  '»•    ject  to  police  ordinances  and  regulations  now  existing  or  which  may 

§34  '  be  adopted  by  the  City  Council  under  and  by  virtue  of  their  power 


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and  authority  to  pass  ordinances  for  the  regulation  and  government 
of  streets  and  railways. 

SEC.  5.     That  thi^  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from     B  B 
and  after  its  passage.  O.  328. 

Passed  June  20,  1884.  ?S 


ORDINANCE  NO.  L. 


An  Ordinance  creating  a  special  Fund  for  payment  of  expenses  of  Calaboose  and 
Salaries  of  Recorder,  and  Policemen  and  Engineer  of  the  Fire  Department. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   City   Council  of  the   City  of  Fort    Worth  : 

SECTION  1.     That  all  moneys  paid  into  the  City  Treasurer 
from  the  proceeds  of  the  Recorder's  court  from  fines  or  forfeitures   o.  290. 
be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  set  apart  as  a  special  fund  for  the  pay-      2  * 
merit  of  accounts  that  may  be  hereafter  allowed  by  the  City  Council 
for  board  of  prisoners  in  the  city  prison  and  for  salaries  of  the  Re- 
corder, Policemen    and  Engineer  of  the  Fire  Department  of  the 
City  of  Fort  Worth. 

SEC.  2.     That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from    B  A 
and  after  its  passage.  O.  279 

Passed  Sept,  1882. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  LI. 


An  Ordinance  prohibiting  gambling  and  gambling  houses. 
Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth: 

SECTION  1.     A  gambling  house,  is  any  house,  room  or  place  in 
which  any  gambling  table  or  bank  of  any  name  whatever,  or  any 
table,  bank  or  device  used  for  gambling,  which  has  no  name,  is  kept  0/153. 
or  exhibited  for  the  purpose  of  gaming,  or  in   which  any  game  or      2  '• 
play,  whatsoever,  at  which  any  money  or  thing  of  value  or  repre- 
sentation of  value  may  be  bet,  won  or  lost,  is  played,  dealt  or  ex- 
hibited. 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OP*  FORT  WORTH. 


SEC.  2.     Any  person  who  shall  keep  or  maintain  or  be  in  any 

B    A    manner  interested  in  the  keeping  or  maintaining  of  any  gambling 

O.  153-   house  as  defined  in  the  first  section  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  deemed 

guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  fined 

in  any  sum  not  less  .than  ten  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for 

each  offence. 

SEC.   3.     It  is  intended  by  the  first  section  of  this  ordinance 

to  include  keno,   faro,  monte,   pool,  rondo,  roulette,  rouge  et  noir, 

O*',^    chuck-a-luck,  and  every  species  of  gaining  device  whatever,  which 

§  3-      in  any  common  language  is   said  to  be  dealt,  kept,  established  or 

played,  but  the  special   enumeration  herein  of  any  game  shall  not 

exclude  any  other  properly  within  the  meaning  of  the  first  section 

of  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  4.     Any  person  who  shall  knowingly  permit  any  game^ 
B.  A.     prohibited  by  the  above  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  to  be  played  in 
°-  !53-   his  house,  or  in  any  house  under  his  control,  shall  be  fined  in  any 
sum  not  less  than  ten  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

SEC.  5.     If  any  person  shall  rent  to  another  a  room  or  house 

for  the  purpose  of  being  used  as  a  place  for  playing,  dealing,  keep- 

ing or  exhibiting  any  of  the  games  prohibited  by  the  provisions  of 

0/208    this  ordinance,  he  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  twenty-five  nor  more 

I  r     than  one  hundred  dollars.     It  shall  be  piesurned  a  room  or  house 

was  let  for  the  purpose  of  being  used  for  gaming  whenever  the  lessor 

knew  that  to  be  the  purpose  for  which  it  was  rented. 

SEC.  6.     If  any  person  shall  bet  at  any  gaming  table,  or  bank, 
B.  A.     or  pigeon  hole,  or  Jenny   Lind  table,  or  nine  or  ten   pin  alley,  or 
°-  ^    such  as  are  mentioned  in  the  proceeding  sections,  he  shall  be  fined 
not  less  than  ten  nor  more  than  twenty-five  dollars. 

SEC.  1.     If  any  person  shall  play  at  any  game  with  cards  at 

any  house  used  for  retailing  spiritous  liquors,  store  house,  tavern, 

O.  208.  inn,  or  in  any  other  public  house  or  in  an  any  street,  highway  or 

%  3    other  public  place,  or  in  any  out-house  where  people  resort,  he  shall 

be  fined  not  less  than  ten  nor  more  than  twenty-five  dollars. 

SEC.  8.     All   houses    commonly   known   as.  public,    and    all 

B.  A.    gambling  houses  as  defined  by  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  are 

°-  !53-  included  within  the  meaning  of  the  seventh  section  of  this  ordi- 

nance ;  any  room  attached  to  any  public  house  and  commonly  used 

for  gambling  is  also  included,  whether  the  same  be  kept  closed  or 


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open ;  a  private  room  of  an  inn  or  tavern  is  not  within  the  meaning 
of  public  place,  unless  such  room  is  commonly  used  for  gaming. 

SEC.  9.  In  the  proceedings  before  the  Mayor  or  Recorder's 
court  on  the  trial  of  offences  under  the  second  and  seventh  sections 
of  this  ordinance,  it  is  sufficient  to  prove  that  the  game  was  played, 
kept,  dealt  or  exhibited  without  proving  that  money  or  other  articles 
of  value  were  bet,  won  or  lost  thereon  ;  the  oifence  is  complete  with- 
out such  proof. 

SEC.  10.  Any  person  keeping  a  gambling  house  as  defined  in 
this  ordinance,  or  dealing  or  playing  any  game  prohibited  by  this 
ordinance,  who  shall  permit  any  minor  or  any  person  who  is  at  tlie 
time  intoxicated,  to  loiter  or  idle  in  any  place  where  such  games  are  \  10 
being  dealt  or  played,  or  who  shall  permit  such  minor  or  intoxicated 
person,  to  play  or  bet  at  any  game  herein  prohibited,  shall,  on  con- 
viction, be  fined  not  less  than  fifty  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars. 

SEC.   11.     That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from    B.  A. 
and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law.  \  u ' 

Approved  April  24,  1878. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  LII. 


An  Ordinance  amending  Ordinance  No.  198  dated  July  I,   1879,   created  an  Ordi- 
nance in  relation  to  Gas  Works. 

WHEREAS,  July  1st,  A,  D.  1879,  the  City  Council  of  the  City 
of  Fort  Worth  passed  an  ordinance,  No.  198,  being  an  ordinance  in 
relation  to  gas  works,  arid  thereby  granted  and  secured  to  J.  P. 
Smith,  his  associates,  their  successors  and  assigns,  certain  rights 
and  privileges,  and 

WHEREAS,  Since  that  time  the  said  J.  P.  Smith  has  sold 
and  transferred  said  gas  works,  and  is  desirous  of  transferring 
said  rights  and  privileges  to  the  Fort  Worth  Gas  Light  Company, 
its  successors  and  assigns,  and 

WHEREAS,  Said  Fort  Worth -Gas  Light  Company  is  desirous 
of  laying  many  miles  of  additional  pipe  and  of  making  arrange- 
ments with  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  for  lighting  the  streets,  pub- 


7<?  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 


lie  buildings,  etc..  and  for  other  purposes,  and  for  these  purposes 

additional  legislation  is  needed,  therefore 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

That  ordinance  No.  198  be  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows  : 
SECTION  1.     There  is  hereby  given  and  granted  to  the  Fort 
Worth  Gas  Light  Company  the  exclusive  right  and  privilege  for 
B.  A.    the  term  of  seven  years  from  the  date    of  the    adoption    of   this 
• ,  "    ordinance,  of  supplying  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  and  the   inhabi- 
tants thereof,    with    gas    for    domestic    and    other    uses,    and   for 
illuminating  the  streets  of  said  city. 

SEC.  2.  The  said  company  is  hereby  authorized  to  estab- 
lish, construct,  maintain  and  operate  said  works  in  the  City  of 
Fort  Worth,  to  receive,  take  and  store,  conduct  and  distribute 
gas  through  the  city,  to  construct  and  extend  mains  and  pipes 
through  all  the  streets,  alleys,  lanes,  public  grounds  and  all  places 
under  the  control  of  said  City  of  Fort  Worth  :  to  erect  and  main- 
tain all  engines,  machinery  and  other  appliances  necessary  for 
the  proper  conducting  of  said  works,  and  for  supplying  said  city 
0. 287.  and  the  inhabitants  thereof  with  gas  of  good  illuminating  power 
^  2"  for  domestic,  manufacturing  and  other  purposes.  The  said  Fort 
Worth  Gas  Light  Company  shall  have  the  right  to  take  up  all  pave- 
ments or  side  walks  on  streets,  alleys,  lanes  or  public  grounds  or 
places,  and  make  such  excavations  thereon  as  may  be  necessary  to 
lay,  repair  and  maintain  gas  pipes  below  the  surface  of  the  ground 
for  conveying  and  distributing  said  gas  aforesaid,  provided  that  said 
company  shall  within  reasonable  time  replace  and  repair  all  such 
pavements  and  sidewalks  in  as  good  condition  as  they  were  before  as 
near  as  practicable. 

SEC.  3.     Said  company  shall  be  liable  for  all   damages  occa- 
j,  A      sioned  by  a  failure  to  protect  and  guard  persons  and  property  from 
O.  287.   injury  by  reason  of  the  removal  of  such   pavements  and  sidewalks 
6  J      and  the  making  of  such  excavations  as  aforesaid. 

SEC.  4.     The  said  Fort  Worth  Gas  Light   Company  shall  lay 

pipes  and  mains  sufficient  to  supply  at  least  fifty  street  lamps,  said 

street  lamps  to    be  located  as  the  City  .Council  may  direct ;  said 

K.  A     lamps  to  be  placed  upon  iron  posts,  and  to  be  furnished  with  Bart- 

'^47    lett's  corporation  style  of  globe,  and  frame  of  the  pattern  hereto 

attached  and  similar  thereto  in  all  respects. 

SEC.  5.     The  Fort  Worth  Gas  Light  Company  shall  furnish 


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gas  of  good  illuminating  power  for  the  said  fifty  lamps,  and  as  many     B-  A- 
more  as  may  be  ordered  erected  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City   of     \  5 
Fort  Worth. 

SEC.  6.  The  City  of  Fort  Worth  agrees  to  pay  said  Fort 
Worth  Gas  Light  Company  a  monthly  rental  of  three  dollars  for 
each  of  said  street  lamps,  for  the  purposes  contemplated  in  this  con- 
tract, which  said  rental  shall  be  payable  semi-annually,  on  the  first 
days  of  June  and  December  of  each  year  in  a  warrant  drawn  on  the 
City  Treasurer,  that  is  to  say  at  the  end  of  each  six  months  of  each 
year,during  the  full  time  specified  in  this  contract,  the  first  payment 
or  a  pro  rata  proportion  thereof  for  each  of  said  street  lamps  to  become  B  A 
due  and  payable  on  the  first  day  of  June  and  December,  as  the  case  O.  287. 
may  be,  after  said  street  lamps  are  placed  in  a  position  and  ready 
for  use,  and  for  the  purpose  of  providing  for  the  payment  of  all  street 
lamp  rental  becoming  due  under  the  provisions  of  this  contract,  the 
said  city  shall  annually  make  an  appropriation  sufficient  to  pay  the 
same  out  of  the  first  moneys  not  otherwise  appropriated,  arising  from 
the  general  revenue  of  the  city. 

SEC.  7.     For  all  extensions  of  pipes   or  mains  which  the  gas 
company  may  hereafter  make  in  addition  to  those  contemplated   in 
this    contract,  the  said  company  shall  erect  such  number  of  street 
lamps  and  posts  of  the  same  kinds  specified  in  §  4,  of  this  ordinance    **•  ^ 
as  the  City  Council  shall  order  at  the  place   designated  or  located      \  7 
by  said  City  Council,  and  for  all  street  lamps  and  posts  in  excess  of 
fifty  herein  contracted  for,  the  monthly  rental  shall  be  three  dollars 
per  month,  payable  as  hereinafter  provided. 

SEC.  8.     The  said  city  shall  have  the  right  to  use  gas  free  of  fi    A 
charge  for  the  City  Hall,  City  Jail  and  all  Fire  Department  build-   O.  287. 
ings,  and  shall  have  the  right  to   paint    on    the    globes    of   such 
lamps  in  legible  letters  the  names  of  the  street  or  streets  on  which 
said  lamps  may  "be  located. 

SEC.  9.     The  rates  and  charges  to  all  persons  and  consumers 
other  than  the  said  city  shall  not  exceed  three  and  one-half  dol- 
lars per  thousand  cubic  feet,  the    same    to    be   payable    monthly  0.287. 
under     such     regulations     as     said    company    or    its    Board    of     29- 
Directors  may  prescribe,  the  quantity  to  be  ascertained  by  meters 
of  accurate  and  proved  pattern  and  action. 

SEC.  10.     The  said  company  shall  not    be   required    to    ex- 
tend its  mains  or  supply  pipes  as    aforesaid   unless   the   demand 


So  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 

0/287.  to  ke  supplied  shall  afford  a    reasonable    prospect    of   a    fair    re- 
§  I0-     muneration. 

SEC.  11.     The  said  company  shall  in    addition    to    the    fur. 
B  A     nishing    of  the    gas  lamps,  posts,    etc.,    light,    extinguish,    clean 

0.287.  and  keep  in  repair  all  lamps,  and  paint  all  lampposts,  and  have 
the  exclusive  control  of  the  same,  subject  to  the  use  of  the  said 
lamps  by  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  for  illuminating  purposes. 

SEC.  12.  The. City  of  Fort  Worth  shall  have  the  right  at 
its  option  to  acquire  by  purchase  and  become  the  sole  owner  of 
said  works,  including  all  grounds,  machinery,  mains,  pipes,  build- 
ings, franchises  and  property  thereto  appertaining,  at  the  expira- 
tion of  five  years  or  at  any  time  thereafter  upon  giving  one 
year's  notice  of  such  intention  upon,  paying  therefor  to  the  own- 
ers thereof,  the  value  of  said  property  to  be  ascertained  by 
appraisal,  as  follows,  viz  :  The  said  city  shall  select  one  com- 
petent person  and  the  owners  of  the  gas  works  another,  and  the 
two  so  selected  shall  select  a  third,  or  in  case  they  cannot  agree 

O.  287  upon  such  third  person,  a  third  person  shall  be  appointed  by 
« I2'  the  district  judge  of  Tarrant  county,  and  the  three  men  so  de- 
termined upon  shall  appraise  the  value  of  said  property,  exclusive 
of  franchises,  at  its  then  cash  value,  which  appraisal  shall  be  bind- 
ing upon  said  Fort  Worth  Gas  Light  Company  as  to  the  value 
thereof,  but  shall  not  be  binding  upon  the  city  unless  said  ap- 
praisal shall  be  ratified  by  the  City  Council,  and  the  city  shall 
have  the  right  to  become  the  owner  of  said  works  and  property 
at  the  appraised  value  when  said  appraisement  shall  have  been 
ratified  by  the  City  Council.  In  case  the  said  city  shall  not 
purchase  and  become  the  owners  of  said  worfcs  and  property  as 
aforesaid  at  the  expiration  of  seven  years  then  all  the  rights, 
franchises  and  privileges  in  this  contract  granted  to  the  said 
Fort  Worth  Gas  Light  Company  shall  (except  the  exclusive 
rights)  be  extended  to  said  company  for  a  further  period  of 
twenty-five  years  thereafter,  subject  to  all  the  duties,  liabilities, 
obligations  and  penalties  herein,  provided,  that  if  at  the  time  of 
said  purchase  by  the  city  said  works  and  franchises  shall  be  en- 
cumbered by  mortgage  or  otherwise,  the  city  shall  assume  and 
pay  such  liability  as  part  of  the  appraised  value  as  aforesaid 
made  and  ascertained. 

SEC.  13.     It  is  hereby  agreed  by  and  between  the  City  of  Fort 


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Worth  on  the  one  part  and  the  Fort  Worth  Gas  Light  Company  on 
the  other  part,  that  in  the  event  the  said  company  deem  it  necessary 
to  issue  first  mortgage  bonds  upon  the  said  gas  works,  property  or 
extensions,  either  or  all  for  the  purpose  of  aiding  in  the  extensions 
of  the  same  that  so  much  of  the  aforesaid  street  lamp  rental  to  be 
paid  to  the  said  Gas  Light  Company  under  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  as  will  pay  the  interest  on  such  bonds,  as  the  same  may 
become  due  and  payable,  shall  be  paid  to  the  owners  or  holders  of  B.  A. 
such  bonds  by  and  through  the  trustee  of  such  bonds  at  the  time  °9  2r  J' 
when  such  street  lamp  rental  is  due  from  the  city,  and  such  sum 
shall  be  paid  as  long  as  the  interest  on  such  bonds  remain  due  and 
unpaid.  Provided,  however,  that  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be 
construed  as  to  require  the  said  City  of  Fort  Worth  at  any  time  to 
pay  any  amount  greater  than  the  amount  due  the  said  Fort  Worth 
Gas  Light  Company,  it  being  understood  that  so  much  of  the  street 
lamp  rental  as  is  necessary  to  pay  the  interest  on  such  bonds  shall 
be  paid  to  the  trustee  of  said  bonds,  and  by  him-'  used  exclusively  to 
pay  the  interest  on  said  bonds  as  long  as  the  same  remains  unpaid. 
When  the  same  shall  be  paid  and  cancelled  then  all  of  the  street 
lamp  rental  in  excess  thereof  shall  be  paid  to  the  said  Fort  Worth 
Gas  Light  Company. 

SEC.   14.      Said  City  Council  with  said  Gas   Light   Company, 
shall  agree  upon  a  time  table  or  schedule  of  time  during  which  said    B>  A 
lamps  shall  be  lighted  and  kept  burning,   but  said  company  shall   O.  287. 
not  be  required  to  light  or  keep  said  lamps  burning   during  clear 
moonlight  nights,  said  schedule  or  time  to  be  made   a  part  of  this 
contract. 

SEC.   15.     Any    person    or    persons    who    shall  wilfully    or 
maliciously  injure  or  destroy  any  portion  of  the  works,  fixtures  or    B  A 
other  property  appertaining  or  pertaining  to  said  gas  works,  or  shall    O.  287 
wrongfully  interfere  with  or  open  any  lamps  or  waste  any  gas  there- 
from, or  shall  hitch  or  tie  any  horse,  horses  or  other  animal  to  any 
lamp  post  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  con- 
viction thereof,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  ten  or 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  and  costs  of  prosecution. 

SEC.  16.     Said  City  of  Fort  Worth  shall  make  all  ordinances^ 
appropriations,  etc.,  necessary  to  secure  the  said  Fort  Worth   Gas    B>  A. 
Light  Company  in  the  rights  and  privileges  granted  in  this  agree-  °-  2*7- 
ment,  so  long  as  the  same  may  be  in  force.     That   said   gas   pipes 


8 a  ORDINANCES  Of  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 

shall  be  laid  at  least  two  feet  below  the  grade  established  by  the 
city. 

SEC.  17.     This  ordinance  shall  be  a  contract  by  and  between 

the  City  of  Fort  Worth  and  the  Fort  Worth  Gas  Light  Company, 

B.  A.    its  successors  and  assigns,  and  shall  be  binding  upon  both  parties 

°-  J87-  thereto.     Provided  said  company  shall  file  with  the  City  Clerk  its 

acceptance  of  the  same  in  writing  within  ten  days  after  the  passage 

of  the  same. 

Passed  November  15,  1882. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  LIII. 


An  Ordinance  establishing  the  Grade  of  Throckmorton,  Houston,  Main  and  Rusk 
streets,  in  the  City  of  Fort  Worth. 


Be  it  ordained  by  tl\e  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort   Worth  : 

SECTION  1.     That  the  grade  lines  of  Throckmorton,  Houston, 
i  and  Rusk  st 
follows,  to-wit : — 


T>         A 

O.'78.    Main  and  Rusk  streets  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  established  as 


THROCKMORTON  STREET. 

Commencing  at  the  south  line  of  Weatherford  Street. 

Station        0,  Elevation  112 

9,         900°  "  103 

14,         500°  "  101 

30,      1,600°  "  103 

"  38,         800°  101 

40,         200°  103-5 

HOUSTON  STREET. 

Commencing  at  the  south  line  of  Weatherford  Street. 

Station        0,  Elevation  113 

9,         900°  104 

14,         500°  99 

"  19,         500°  97 

29,      1,000°  100 

34,         500°  99 

«  36,         200°  "  99 

"  40,         400°  99 


ORDINANCES  OP  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH.  83 

MAIN  STREET. 

Commencing  at  the  south  side  of  Weatherford  Street. 

Station        0,  Elevation  109 

8,  900°  "  108 
19,      1,000°  93 
29,      1,000°                                 98 
34,    •     500°  97 

"  44,      1,000°  102 

RUSK  STREET. 

Commencing  at  the  south  line  of  Weatherford  Street. 
Station        0,  Elevation        107 

9,  f>00°  101 

17,  800°  8!) 

18,  100°  8!) 
24,  600°  93 
39,  1,500°  "                 96 
49,  1,000°  98 

SEC.  2.  That  any  person  who  shall  build  or  erect  sidewalks  on 
a  street  on  which  the  grade  has  been  established  by  the  first  sec- 
tion of  this  ordinance,  or  shall  cause  the  same  to  be  built- or  erected 
of  any  material  whatsoever,  and  shall  fail  to  build  or  erect  or  cause 
the  same  to  be  built  or  erected  in  accordance  with  the  grades  as  es-  J**^ 
tablished  by  §  1,  of  this  ordinance,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  mis-  \  i.. 
demeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum 
not  less  than  twenty-five  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  and 
shall  be  subject  to  a  like  fine  for  each  and  every  day  thereafter  that 
said  sidewalk  shall  be  allowed  to  remain  not  in  comformity  to  said 
grade. 

SEC.  3.     This  ordinance  to  be  in  force  and  take   eifect   from    B- A- 

o.  70. 
and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law.  g  3. 

Approved  July  15,  1876. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  LIV. 

An  Ordinance  granting  the  Gulf,  Colorado  &  Santa  Fe  Railway  Company  the  right 
of  way  through  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  and  the  right  to  locate  and  maintain  a 
depot  and  other  buildings  and  structures  therein. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.     That  the  right  of  way,  one  hundred  feet  in  width. 


S4  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OP  FORT  WORTH. 

through  the  city  of  Fort  Worth  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  granted, 

B  A     of  the  Gulf,  Colorado  and  Santa  Fe  Railway  Company  on  the  line 

O.  266.   of  its  railway,  as   the  same  is  located  through  said  city,  with  the 

right  to  construct,  maintain  and  forever  operate  and  use  its  said 

railway  with   tracks,  turn-outs   and  switches,   over  and  along  all 

streets  and  alleys  within  said  right  of  way. 

SEC.  2.  That  the  right  is  hereby  granted  to  said  railway  com- 
pany to  locate,  construct,  maintain  and  forever  use  such  buildings, 
structures,  turn-tables,  switches  arid  sidings,  as  it  may  deem  neces- 
sary or  convenient  for  the  transaction  of  its  business  anywhere  upon 
rP  66  ^e  §round  °n  their  present  right  of  way,  situated  between  Nichols, 
'$2. '  Bluff,  Belknap,  Weatherford,  Elm,  First,  Second,  Third,  Fourth, 
Fifth,  Sixth,  Pecan,  Eighth,  Ninth,  Luella  avenue,  Twelfth,  Thir- 
teenth, Fourteenth,  Grove,  Jones,  Callahan,  Fifteenth,  Sixteenth^ 
and  Eighteenth  streets,  also  all  streets  occupied  by  them  in  Dag- 
gett's  and  Tucker's  additions  south  of  Texas  &  Pacific  donation,  run- 
ning east  and  west. 

SEC.  3.     That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 

15*    A.. 

O.  266.  and  after  its  passage. 
1  3<  Passed  March  7,  1882. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  LV. 


An  Ordinance  regulating  street  hacks  and  other  vehicles  carrying  passengers  in  the 
city. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth : 

SECTION  1.     That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  persons  running 

carriages,  hacks,  coaches,  buggies  or  other  vehicles  after  dark  in  this 

O  88    c*ty'  t°  have  on  said  vehicles  two  good  lights,  in  such  position  that 

\  '•      they  can  be  seen  by  other  persons  passing  in  the  streets  of  said  city. 

SEC.  2.  That  any  person  convicted  of  a  violation  of  the  fore- 
B  going  section  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less 
O.  88.  than  five  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  for  each  night  said  vehicle  is  so 
**  run. 

SEC.  3.  That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force 
B.  A.  from  and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law. 

Approved  Nov.  30,  1876. 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  PORT  WORTH.  85 


ORDINANCE  NO.  LVI. 


An  Ordinance  regulating  street  hacks. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.     That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  persons  owning     B  A 
or  using  a  street  carriage,  hack  or  other  vehicle  for  the  purpose  of  O.  274- 
conveying  passengers  from   one  place  to    another  in   said  city,  to 
charge   more   than   fifty  cents    for   each   passenger,  including  one 
trunk. 

SEC.  2.     That  it  shall   be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons 
owning  or  using  a  street  carriage,  hack  or  other  vehicle  from  one     H-  A- 
place  to  another  in   said  city,  to  charge  more  than  two  dollars  for      $  2. 
the  first  hour  and  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents  for  each  and  every  sub- 
sequent hour. 

SEC.  3.  The  owner,  driver  or  person  running  any  street  car- 
riage, hack  or  other  vehicle,  used  for  the  transportation  of  persons 
for  hire,  shall  keep  on  the  inside  of  each  street  carriage,  hack  or  o.  274. 
other  vehicle,  hung  up  in  a  conspicious  and  prominent  manner,  so  as 
to  be  easily  seen  and  read,  a  printed  card  of  the  tariff  of  rates  fixed 
in  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  4.     That  any  person  who  shall  be  found  guilty  of  violat-    ^.  A. 
ing  this  ordinance,  or  any  section  of  said  ordinance,  shall  be  deemed   °-274- 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less 
than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  twenty-five  dollars. 

SEC.  5.     Every  person  owning,  keeping  or  using  any  licensed 
vehicle  who  shall  refuse  to  transport  any  person  when  applied  to,  at     H-  A. 
the  rates  established  by  ordinances  of  the  city,  or  who  shall  extort      3  6.  ' 
or  demand  any  greater  sum  for  carrying  any   person   than   herein 
allowed,  shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  be  fined  not  less  than  five  nor 
more  than  twenty-five  dollars  for  each  offence. 

SEC.  6.  Any  person  refusing  to  pay  the  fare  established  by 
ordinances  of  the  city,  after  being  carried  to  his  or  her  destination, 
or  place  where  they  may  wish  to  leave  such  licensed  vehicle,  if  de- 
manded,  without  delay,  by  the  owner  or  driver  of  such  vehicle,  shall  0/183. 
be  deemed  guilty  of  disorderly  conduct,  and  on  conviction,  shall  be 
fined  not  less  than  one  nor  more  than  ten  dollars  for  each  offence. 
SEC.  7.  Any  owner  or  driver  of  any  licensed  vehicle,  who 


$6  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 


B    A     shall,  by  any  misrepresentation  or  device,  induce  another  to  employ 
O.  183.   his  vehicle,  or  who  shall  carry  any  passenger  without  his  or  her  re- 
quest to  any  house  of  ill-feme  or  bad  repute,  or  shall  deceive  any 
passenger  in  any   manner,  or  shall,  under  any  pretext,  whatever, 
assault,  threaten,  insult  or  otherwise  abuse  any  passenger,  shall  be 
fined  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 
B.  A.  SEC.  8.     That  this  ordinance   take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 

5  g^   and  after  its  publication. 

Approved  Dec.  28,  1878. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  LVIL 


An  Ordinance  regulating  Hawkers   and    other   itinerant  Venders,    of  Merchandise 
by  out-cry. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   City    Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth : 

SEC.  1.     That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for   any   hawker   or   other 
£• A-     itinerant  vender  of  merchandise   to   expose    his  goods,  or  cry  the 
\  i       same  on  or  near  any  sidewalk  in  this  city. 

SEC.  2.     That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any   person  to  sell  at 
0.31.    public  auction  on  any  of  the  sidewalks  of  the  city,   any   goods, 
2  2       wares,  merchandise,  or  household  furniture. 
B  SEC.  3.     That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  hawker  or   other 

O.  31.    vender  of  merchandise  to   obstruct  the  streets  of  this  city  by   the 

f>  ,, 

1  J'     outcry  or  exposition  of  his  goods. 

SEC.  4.     That  any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of 
Q*  ^     this  ordinance  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  fined  not  more  than  twen- 

2  4-     ty-five  dollars  for  each  and  every  offence. 

SEC.  5.     That  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  shall  be  in 
O.  31.    force  from  and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law. 
2  5'  Approved  April  17,  1873. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  LVIII. 


An  Ordinance  relating  to  the  Health  of  the  City. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Board  of  Health 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 


to  make  a  personal  inspection  of  the  city,  as  often  as   once  a  week     R 
during  the  months  of  June,  July,  August  and  September  of  each    o.'  16. 
year,  and  at  such  other  times  as  may  be  ordered  by  the  City  Coun-     ^  2' 
cil,  for  the  purpose^of  examining  the  sanitary  condition  of  the  city. 

SEC.  2.     That  under  the  direction  of  the  City  Council  or  the 
Board  of  Health,  the  Marshal  shall  by   written  notice  require  all     B.  A. 
nuisances  calculated  to  affect  the  health  of  the  city  to  be  removed,    °;  l6 
cleaned  or  abated  by  the  occupant  or  owner  of  said  premises. 

SEC.  3.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  occupant  or  owner  of  any 
building  or  lot  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city  to  use  upon     B- A- 
said  premises  as  often  as  directed  by  said  Board  of  Health,  chloride      \  4 
of  lime  or  other  disinfectant. 

SEC.  4.     That  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force    B.  A. 
from  and  after  its  publication,  as  required  by  law.  °.'  6l6' 

Approved  April  10,  1873. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  LIX. 


An  Ordinance  requiring  the  Board  of  Health  to  cause  certain  persons  to  be  vac- 
cinated and  quarantined. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.     That  the  City  Physician  shall  upon  the  order  or    B 
demand  of  the  Board  of  Health,  vaccinate  or  cause  to  be  vaccinated   O.  267. 
any  and  all  persons  in  said  city  who  in  the  judgement  of  the  Board 
of  Health  it  may  be  necessary  to  vaccinate  to  prevent  the  spreading 
of  small-pox. 

SEC.  2.     That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Marshal  of  said  city    B.  A. 
to  arrest  and  cause  to  be  vaccinated  by  the  City  Physician  all  per-   °'^7' 
sons   who  have   been   ordered   to   be  vaccinated  by  the  Board  of 
Health. 

SEC.  3.     That  the  Board  of  Health  shall  have  the  power  and 
authority,  and  it  is  made  their  duty  to  send  any  person  or  persons    B.  A. 
to  the  pesthouse  established  by  said  city,  who  has  or  may  have  the     '^' 
smallpox,  and  the  said  Board  of  Health  shall  have   the  power   and 
authority  to  quarantine  any  person  or  persons  who  are  suspected  of 
being  infected  with  smallpox. 


88  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 


SEC.  4.     That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Board  of  Health  to 

destroy  any  and  all  furniture,  wearing  apparel  or  property  of  any 

kind  suspected  of  being  tainted  or  infected  with  smallpox,  or  shall 

B.  A.    be  likely  to  pass  into  such  a  state  as  to  generate   or  propagate  the 

O   267-  said  disease,  and   from  time  to  time  to   do  all  acts  and  make  all 

0      ]•• 

regulations  which  they  shall  deem  expedient  for  the  preservation  of 
the  health  and  the  suppression  of  the  spread  of  the  smallpox  in 
said  city. 

B  A  SEC.  5.     Whereas,  there  is  an  urgent  necessity  for  the  passing 

O.  267    of  said  ordinance,  that  said  ordinance  be  in  force   and  take   effect 
from  and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  March  13,  1882. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  LX. 


An  Ordinance  relating  to  houses  of  ill-fame  and  inmates  thereof. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth . 

SECTION  1.     Any  person  who  shall  keep  and  maintain  in  this 
B- A-    city,  a  brothel,  bawdy-house  or  house  of  ill-fame,  or  of  assignation 
§'i       shall,  upon  conviction   thereof,  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  less  than  ten 
dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

SEC.  2.     Any  person,  whether  male  or  female,  being  an  inmate 

O.  ii.    or  resident  ot  any  brothel,  bawdy-house  or.  house  of  ill-fame,  shall, 

2 2-      upon  conviction  thereof,  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  less  than  five  dollars 

nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

B  A  SEC.  3.     The  general  reputation  of  any  such  house  mentioned 

O.  ii.     in  the  foregoing  sections,  or  of  its  inmates  and  residents,  shall  be 

3      prima  facie  evidence  of  the  character  of  such  house  and  persons. 

SEC.  4.     This  ordinance  to  take  effect  and  be  in  force   from 
O*  n".    and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law. 
2*'  Approved  April  9,  1873. 


ORDINANCES  OP  THE  CITY  OP  PORT  WORTH.  8g 

ORDINANCE  NO.  LXI. 


An  Ordinance  defining  dance  houses  and  punishing  the  keepers  thereof. 
Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  Qity  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.     That  any  house  or  part  thereof  kept  for  lewd, 
loose  or  immodest  women  or  women  of  ill-fame  or  bad  repute  to  Q'£'O 
assemble  and  dance,  or  at  which  such  persons  may  live  for  that  pur-      §  i 
pose,   or  where  such  is  permitted,  shall  be  considered  as  a  dance 
house  within  the  meaning  of  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  2.     That  any  person  who  shall  keep  such  a  house  as  is    B-  A. 
described  in  the  first  section  hereof,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not     |  2. 
less  than  ten  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

SEC.  3.     That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from    B   ^. 
and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law.  O.  no. 

Approved  May  31,  1877. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  LX1I. 


An  Ordinance  licensing  dance  houses. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Qity  Council  of  the. City  of  Fort  Worth : 

SECTION  1.  That  every  keeper  of  a  dance  house  within  the  B.  A. 
city  of  Fort  Worth  shall  pay  a  license  tax  of  one  hundred  dollars  g1,5 
per  quarter  in  advance  for  the  privilege  of  keeping  the  same. 

SEC.  2.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons  to  keep 
a  dance  house  within  the  city  of  Fort  Worth  unless  he,  she  or  they  QB-  ^ 
shall  obtain  a  permit  or  license  in   writing  from  the  City  Council ;      \  2 
provided,  however,  that  no  permit  or  license  shall  be  given  for  more 
than  three  months,  and  shall  specify  the  time  and  place  of  holding 
the  same. 

SEC.  3.     No  permit  or  license  shall  be  sold  or  transferred  and     B.  A. 
the  City   Council  may  at  any  time  revoke  any  license  or  permit  °'^s' 
issued  under  this  ordinance  on  repayment  of  any  amount  which  may 
have  been  paid  by  the  holder  of  said  license  or  permit,  after  deduct- 
ing the  amount  due  on  the  time  expired. 


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go  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 

SEC.  4.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  any  person  or  persons  keeping 
B  A     a  dance  house  within  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  to  execute  and  file 
O.  165    with  the  City  Council,  a  bond  with  two  or  more  sureties  to  be  ap- 
proved by  them,  payable  to  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  in  the  sum  of 
two  hundred  dollars,  conditioned  that  the  said  dance  house  shall  be 
conducted  in  an  orderly  manner. 

SEC.  5.     Should  any  riot  or  disturbance  of  good  order  take 
B    A.    place  at  any  such  dance  house,  unless  it  shall  be  immediately  sup- 
g  5.      pressed,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  officers  of  the  city  to  cause  the 
same  to  be  closed  forthwith. 

SEC.  6.     This  ordinance  shall  not  repeal  or  effect  ordinance  No. 
OB'i6s    ^  except  in  cases  where  a  permit  or  license  has  been  issued  under 
2  6.      the  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  7.     Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  violate  this  ordi- 

B.A.     nance  or  any  section  of  this  ordinance,  shall,  on  conviction  thereof, 

"a  ^ 5   be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty 

dollars. 

B  A  SEC.  8.     This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 

0. 165    and  after  its  publication  according  to  law. 
Passed  Aug.  13,  1878. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  LXIIL 


y, 
An  Ordinance  prohibiting  disorderly  houses  and  punishing  prostitutes. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the   City  of  Fort    Worth: 

SEC.  1.     A   disorderly   house  is  one  kept  for  the  purpose  of 
O.  193.   prostitution,  or  as  a  common  resort  for  prostitutes  and  vagabonds. 

o    _ 

SEC.  2.     Any  room  or  part  of  a  building  occupied  by  one  or 
B.  A.     more  persons,  or  appropriated  by  one  or  more  persons,  for  either  of 
«  2^   the  purposes  above  mentioned,   is  a  disorderly   house  within  the 
meaning  of  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  3.     Any  person  who  shall  keep  a  disorderly  house  as  de- 
B-  A-     fined  above,  within  the  limits  of  this  city,  shall,  upon  conviction,  be 
|  3      fined  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

SEC.  4     Any  person  who  shall  be  found  an  inmate  of  a  dis- 
orderly house,  as  herein  defined,  for  the  purposes  of  prostitution^ 


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shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five    B-  A- 
dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars.  |  4 

SEC.  5.  Any  courtesan,  prostitute  or  lewd  woman  who  shall 
be  found  wandering,  or  promenading  the  streets,  alleys,  or  public 
places,  or  visiting  beer  houses  or  places  of  public  resort,  in  the  night 
time,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction 
thereof  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  twenty-five 
dollars.  The  general  reputation  of  any  person  mentioned  in  this  O.  239. 
section  of  this  ordinance,  shall  be  prima  facie  evidence  of  the  char- 
acter of  such  person,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Marshal 
and  policemen  to  arrest,  without  process,  any  person  found  vjolat- 
ing  the  provisions  of  this  section. 

SEC.  "6.     Any  prostitute,  courtesan  or  lewd  woman  who  shall 
ply,  or  seek  to  ply.  her  avocation  by  word,  sign  or   action,  while 
upon  the  streets,  alleys   or  public  places  of  said  city,  or  from  the    B.A. 
door  or  window  of  any  house,  or  window  of  any  room  or  house  that     '^^ 
may  be  seen  from  any  street,  alley   or  public  place  in  said  city,  or 
from  any  private  residence  of  said  city,  shall  be  fined  upon  convic- 
tion thereof,  not   less   than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  twenty-five 
dollars. 

SEC.  7.     That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from    B.A. 
and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law.  ',  ^ 

Approved  May  21,  1870. 


ORDINANCE   NO.  LXIV. 


An  Ordinance  defining  and  punishing  offences  against  Public  Decency. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth : 

SECTION  1.     Any  person  who  shall  within  the  corporate  limits 
in  any  public  place  or  in  any  place  exposed  to  the  public  view,  ap- 
pear in  a  state  of  nudity  or  in  a  dress  or  costume  not  appropriate  to    B.  A. 
his  or  her  sex,  or  in  an  indecent  or  lewd  dress,  or  who  shall  make  °"|s,7' 
an  indecent  exposure  of  his  or  her  person,  or  be  guilty  of  any  lewd 
or  indecent  act  or  behavior,  shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  be  fined  not 
less  than  five  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 


gz  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 

SEC.  2.     Any  person|who  shall  within  the  corporate  limits  of 

B    A     the  City  of  Fort  Worth  exhibit  or  perform,  or  shall  assist  in  exhibit- 

O.  157.   ing  or  performing  any  indecent,  obscene  or  lewd  play,  exhibition 

or  other  representation  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  be  fined  not 

less  than  five  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

B.  A.  SEC.  3.     This  ordinance  to  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 

g  ^57    and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law. 
Approved  May  22, 1878. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  LXV. 


An  Ordinance  to  limit  the  Time  in  which  Prosecutions  shall  be  commenced. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

B.  A.  SECTION  1.     That  for  all   violations  of  any  ordinance  of  the 

°%2j12  City  of  Fort  Worth,  an  information  or  complaint  may  be  made 
within  one  year  from  the  commission  of  the  offence  and  not  after- 
wards. 

B-  A-  SEC.  2.     That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 

O.  212 
§  2.      and  after  its  passage. 

Passed  Oct.  21,  1879. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  LXVI. 


An  Ordinance  establishing  a  market  place  for  the  selling,  buying,  trading  and  ex- 
hibiting horses,  mules  and  other  animals. 

JBe  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth : 

SECTION  1.     The  market  place  for  the  buying,  selling,  trading 
and  exhibiting  of  horses,  mules  or  other  animals,  shall  hereafter  be 
C?  2si    uPon  Belknap  Street,  between  Main  and  Houston  Streets,  and  upon 
1 1      the  east  side  of  the  Public  Square,  between  Weatherford   and  Bel- 
knap  Streets. 

SEC.  2.     Whoever  shall  be  found  guilty  of  violating  §  1,  of  the 


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above  ordinance,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  one  dollar  and  not  B-  A- 

more  than  fifty  dollars.  '^ 

SEC.  3.  That  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  B.  A. 

from  and  after  its  publication  according  to  law.  °-  25* 

Approved  June  8,  1881. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  LXVIL 


An  Ordinance  regulating  the  Conduct  and  prescribing  the   Duties  of  the  Marshal, 
Deputy  Marshal,  and  Policemen  of  the  City. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort   Worth  : 


SECTION  1.     That  the  Marshal  of  the  city  shall  be  ex-offi 


CIO 


B.A. 


Chief  of  Police,  and  may  appoint  one  or  more  'deputies,   and  shall   0. 125. 
in  person  or  by  deputy  attend  upon  the  Recorder's  or  Mayor's  court 
while  said  court  is  in  session,  and  shall  promptly  and  faithfully  ex- 
ecute all  writs  and  process  issued  from  said  court. 

SEC.  2.  It  shall  be  and  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  Mar- 
shal, Deputy  Marshal,  and  policemen,  to  be  active  in  quelling  riots, 
disorder  and  disturbances  of  the  peace  within  the  limits  of  the  city, 
and  they  shall  take  into  custody  all  persons  offending  against  the 
peace  of  the  city,  and  authority  is  hereby  given  them  to  take  suit-  K-  A- 
able  and  sufficient  bail  for  the  appearance  before  the  Mayor  or  Re-  \  2. 
corder's  court  of  any  person  charged  with  an  offence  against  the 
ordinances  of  the  city.  To  prevent  a  breach  of  the  peace,  or  to 
preserve  quiet  or  good  order,  the  Marshal  shall  have  authority  to 
close  any  theatre,  bar  room,  ball  room,  drinking  house  or  any  other 
place  or  building  of  public  resort,  and  for  said  purposes  and  for  the 
purpose  of  arresting  any  offender,  the  Marshal,  Deputy  Marshal 
and  policemen  shall  have  power  to  make  forcible  entry  into  any 
house  where  entry  is  denied  them. 

SEC.  3.     It  shall  be  and  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  Mar- 
shal, Deputy  Marshal  and  policemen   of  the  city  to  return,   arrest,     fi  A 
prosecute,  and  make  complaint  against,  before  the  Mayor  or  Re-  o.  125 
corder,  any  and  all  persons   violating  any  ordinance  of  the   city 
within  their  view  or  knowledge.     And  when  they  shall  be  informed 
by  any  credible  person  that  any  offence  against  any  of  the  ordi- 


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nances  of  the  city  has  been  or* is  about  to  be  committed,  they  shall 
be  active  in  preventing  the  same  and  bringing  the  offenders  to 
trial. 

SEC.  4.  If  any  Marshal,  Deputy  Marshal  or  policeman  shall 
wilfully  neglect  to  return,  arrest  or  prosecute  any  person  who  has 
violated  any  of  the  ordinances  of  the  city  within  his  view  or  know- 
ledge, or  shall  wilfully  and  knowingly  absent  himself  from  any 
place  where  such  violation  of  any  ordinance  is  taking  place,  or  is 
B.  A.  about  to  take  place,  for  the  purpose  of  avoiding  seeing  or  having  a 
\  \.  knowledge  of  the  same,  or  who  after  having  been  credibly  informed 
that  such  violation  of  an  ordinance  is  being  committed  or  is  about 
to  be  committed,  shall  fail  or  refuse  to  take  steps  to  prevent  the 
same  and  for  the  arrest  of  the  offenders,  he  shall  be  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor,  and,  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  fined  not  less 
than  ten  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

SEC.  5.     If  any  Marshal,  Deputy  Marshal  or  policeman  shall 

B.  A.     while  on  duty  drink  any  intoxicating  liquor  in  any  bar-room  or  pub- 

\  5      lie  place  he  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction 

thereof  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  twenty-five 

dollars. 

SEC.  6.     If  any  Marshal,  Deputy  Marshal  or  policeman  shall 

Q*  I2l    use  any  profane,  indecent  or  offensive  language  while  on  duty,  he 

2  6-     shall   be   deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,    and    upon    conviction 

thereof,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  one  nor  more  than  ten  dollars. 

SEC.  7.     If  any  Marshal,  Deputy  Marshal  or  policeman  shall 

B  A     Set  drunk,  or  shall  conduct  himself  in  a  riotous  or  disorderly  man- 

O.  125.   ner,  or  shall  provoke  a  breach  of  the  peace  while  on  duty,  he  shall 

be  fined   not   less   than   twenty-five  nor  more  than   one  hundred 

dollars. 

SEC.  8.     The  Marshal,  Deputy  Marshal  or  policemen  are  pro- 
hibited to  frequent,  while  on  duty,  places  of  any  kind  where  intoxi- 
B.  A.     eating  liquors  are  sold  unless  for  the  purpose  of  preventing  a  breach 
g  gf 5*   of  the  peace  or  to  preserve  quiet  or  good  order,  and   for  a  violation 
of  this  section  the  fine  shall  be  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than 
twenty. five  dollars. 

SEC.  9.  It  shall  be  and  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  Mar- 
shal, with  the  approval  of  the  Mayor,  to  prescribe  the  hours  for 
duty  of  each  policeman  of  the  city,  and  he  shall  file  with  the  Sec- 
retary, who  shall  place  the  same  on  file  among  the  records  of  the 


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city,  a  schedule,  which  said  schedule  shall  contain  the  names  of  the     R  A 
respective  policemen  and  the  hours  during  which  they  are  assigned   O.  125. 
to  duty,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  report  all  changes  that  may  be 
made  in  said  schedule  as  soon  as  the  same  shall  be  made  to  said  Sec- 
retary who  shall  enter  said  changes  on  said  schedule. 

SEC.  10.     That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Mayor  or  Recorder 
upon  a  conviction  of  any  Marshal,  Deputy  Marshal  or  policeman  for    B.  A. 
a  violation  of  any  section  in  this  ordinance  contained,  to  report  the     a*  lf£' 
same  to  the  City  Council  for  their  action  at  the  next  regular   meet- 
ing of  said  Council. 

SEC.  11.     That  this  ordinance  take  eifect  and  be  in  force  from   oB'jA' 
and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law.  |  n. 

Approved  Sept.  13,  1877. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  LXVIII. 


An  Ordinance  in  regard  to  the  duties  of  City  Marshal  and  the  collection  of  Fines. 
Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.     That  the  City  Marshal  shall  attend  all  sittings  of    R  A 
the  Recorder's  or  Mayor's  court  and  shall  always   assist  the   City   O.  259 
Attorney,  when  so  required,  in  the  discovery  and  preparation  of  tes- 
timony in  all  cases  in  which  the  city  is  interested. 

SEC.  2.  The  Marshal  shall  have  no  right  to  release  any  prisoner 
before  conviction  without  bond,  nor  after  conviction  until  such  fine     B.  A. 
and  costs  as  have  been  assessed  shall  be  paid.     The  Marshal  shall  be      g  f.59 
subject  to  dismissal  from  office  if  he  allows  parties  after  conviction 
to  go  without  satisfaction    of  judgment  of  the  court  as  provided 
herein. 

SEC.   3.     That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from   (J*Al 
and  after  its  passage.  I  3 

Passed  Dec.  6, 1881. 


96  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  LXIX. 


An  Ordinance  relating  to  the  resisting  of  Officers  in  discharge  of  Duty. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City   Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.    Whoever  in  the  city  shall  by  forcible  means  resist, 
or  by  threats,  menaces,  or  gestures,  or  other  means  hinder  or  delay 
B.  A.     the  City  Marshal  or  any  policeman  in  making  any  arrest  or  serving 
g  i.      any  process,  or  doing  any  other  act  required  by  him  by  the  ordi- 
nances of  this  city,  he   or   she  shall  be  deemed  guilty    of  a  mis- 
demeanor, and  on  conviction  shall  be  fined  any  sum  not  less   than 
five  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

SEC.  2.     That  this   ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force 

T>       A 

6.  22.   fr°m  an(l  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law. 
2  2-  Approved  April  10,  1873. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  LXX. 


An  Ordinance  relating  to  Misdemeanors. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.     That  the  several  acts  and  offences  specified  in 
B.  A.     this  ordinance  are  hereby  prohibited  in  this   city,  and  any  person 
°«  J4'    found  guilty  of  any  or  either  of  them  shall  be  subject  to  the  penal- 
ties provided  for  by  one  or  either  of  them  respectively. 

SEC.  2.     For  disturbing  the  quiet  of  the  city   or  any  lawful 

B-  A-     assembly  of  persons,  or  any  church  or  religious  meeting,  or   any 

|  2. '    house,  family  or  neighborhood,  or  person  or  persons,  for  any  assault, 

battery  or  affray,  a  sum  of  not  less  than  three  nor  more  than   fifty 

dollars. 

SEC.  3.     For  lighting  a  cigar  or  pipe,  or  match  in  any  barn, 
O.  14.    stable  or  cellar,  or  any  building  containing  straw  or  any   combusti- 
2  5-      ble  material,  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars. 

SEC.  4.     That  any  person  who  shall  get  drunk  or  be  found  in 
a  state  of  intoxication  in    any  public  place  in  this  city   shall  be 


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deemed   guilty    of  a    misdemeanor,    and  on  conviction  before  the     R  A 
Major's  or  Recorder's  court,  shall  be  fined  in  a  sum  of  not  more  0. 163. 
than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  and  every  such  oifence.     A  pub-       & 
lie  place  within  the  meaning  of  this  section  is  any  public  road,     B-  A- 
street,  alley,  public  square,  inn,  tavern,  store,  grocery,  work-shop,  \\  i  &  2. 
or  any  place  to  which  people  commonly  resort  for  purposes  of  busi- 
ness, recreation  or  amusemont. 

SEC.  5.  For  unnecessarily  obstructing  any  sidewalk  or  pas- 
sage, or  any  street  or  alley,  or  any  walk  or  public  ground  in  this 
city  with  any  boxes,  barrels,  vehicles,  horse  or  beast  of  any  kind, 
lumber,  wood  or  any  material,  or  for  placing  dirt  or  rubbish  therein, 
or  riding  or  driving  over  or  upon  any  sidewalks,  or  digging  holes  in 
the  same,  any  sum  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars.  Provided  that  B  A 
any  person  erecting  buildings  may  for  the  time  occupy  a  reasonable  O.  14. 
portion  of  the  street  in  front  of  such  building,  and  if  any  person 
shall  continue  any  obstruction  of  any  street,  alley  or  sidewalk  after 
he  shall  have  been  notified  by  the  City  Marshal  to  remove  the  same 
he  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  dollars  for  every  day 
he  shall  continue  the  obstruction. 

SEC.  6.  For  beating,  injuring,  or  treating -any  animal  in  an  B.  A. 
immoderate,  cruel  or  unnecessary  manner,  a  fine  not  exceeding  fifty  |  &" 
dollars. 

SEC.  7.     That   every   person  who  shall  refuse    to  assist  the     B  A 
Marsha)  or  any  policeman  to  make  an  arrest  or  suppress  any  dis-    °/  X4- 
turbance  when  called  upon  so  to  do,  shall  be  fined,  upon  conviction, 
not  less  than  three  nor  more  than  ten  dollars  for  each  offence. 

SEC.  8.  That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  trom  B.  A. 
and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law.  g  I2.' 


ORDINANCE  NO.  LXXI. 


An  Ordinance  prohibiting  the  Obstruction  of  Street  Railways. 

Be  it  ordained  ly  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.     That  any  person  who  shall  place  obstructions  of    ^ 
any  kind  on  the  track  or  rails  of  any  street  railway  shall  be  guilty   0/122. 
of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  fined  in 


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any  sum  not  less  than    twenty-five   nor   more  than  one  hundred 
dollars. 

B.  A.  SEC.  2.     This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  its 

0.  122. 


.  122.   publication  as  required  by  law. 
Approved  Sept.  13.  1877. 


ORDINANCE  LXXII. 


An  Ordinance  prohibiting  the  use  of  Rubber  Slings  or  "Nigger  Shooters"  and  the 
throwing  of  Stones  or  missiles  of  any  kind  in  or  across  any  street  or  in  any  pub- 
lic place  or  upon  or  against  any  building  in  the  City  of  Fort  Worth. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth : 

SECTION  1.     That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  per- 
sons to  use  any  rubber  sling  or  "nigger  shooter"   within   the  limits 
B.  A.     of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth,  or  to  throw  any  stone  or   missile  of  any 
g  i^°*  kind  in  or  across  any  street,  alley  or  public  place,  or  upon  or  against 
any  house  or  building  in  the  City  of  Fort«  Worth,  and  that  any  per- 
son or  persons  violating  either  of  the  provisions   •  f  this  ordinance 
shall  be  deemed   guilty    of  a   misdemeanor,  and   upon    conviction 
thereof,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  exceeding  twenty-five  dollars. 
SEC.  2.     That  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force 

B   A 

O   250.  fr°m  and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law. 
I  2  Approved  July  18,  1881. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  LXXUI. 


An  Ordinance  relating  to  mobs. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   City   Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.     That  if  any  two  or  more  persons  shall,  in  this 
B.  A.     city  assemble  together  with  an  intent,  or  being  together  shall  mutually 
9*25-    agree  to  do  any  unlawful  act  with  force  or  violence  against  the  pro- 
perty of  this  city,  or  against  the  person  or  property  of  another,  or 
against  the  peace,  or  to  the  terror  of  another,  or  shall  make  any  move- 


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mentor  preparation  therefore,  and  every  person  present  at  such  meet- 
ing or  assembly  who  shall  directly  or  indirectly  encourage  by  not  en- 
deavoring to  prevent,  or  otherwise,  the  commission  or  perpetration  of 
such  unlawful  act,  such  person  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misde- 
meanor, and  upon  conviction,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  one  nor 
more  than  fifty  dollars. 

SEC.  2.     That  this  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  and  take  effect    u. 
from  and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law.  °; 

Approved  April  10,  1873. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  LXA1V. 


An  Ordinance  granting  right  of  way  to  the  Missouri,  Kansas  and  Texas  Railway 
Company  over  and  upon  the  streets  known  as  Arizona  avenue,  Daggett's  ave- 
nue and  Grove  street  in  the  City  of  Fort  Worth. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort    Worth  : 

SETION  1.  That  the  Missouri,  Kansas  and  Texas  Railway 
Company  is  hereby  fully  authorized  and  empowered  with  the  right 
to  equip,  construct  and  forever  operate  and  maintain,  own  and  con- 
trol railway  together  with  all  necessary  switches,  turn-outs,  sidings 
and  depots  on  either  or  all  of  the  following  named  streets  and  their  ^  •  ' 
extensions  in  said  city,  to  wit :  On  Daggett's  avenue  and  extension  3  i. 
one  block  in  length  from  Grove  to  Park  street,  on  Grove  street  from 
the  Texas  and  Pacific  grounds  to  Arizona  avenue  on  south  line  of 
Daggett's  addition,  on  and  over  Arizona  avenue  to  the  south  line  of 
the  city  limits  and  on  the  streets  connecting  with  said  Arizona  ave- 
nue within  the  limits  of  fifty  feet  from  each  side  of  the  center  of  the 
tract. 

SEC.   2     This  ordinance  to  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and    g.  A. 
after  its  passage.  ^ 

Passed  Jan.  19,  1881. 


zoo  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  C2TY  OP  FORT  WORTH. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  LXXV. 


An  Ordinance  defaming  and  prohibiting  certain  nuisances  and  providing  for  the 
abatement  of  the  same. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort    Worth  : 

SECTION  1.  All  dead,  decaying  or  putrid  carcasses,  flesh, 
fish,  fowls  or  vegetables,  all  deposits  of  manure  or  other  unwhole- 
some substances  or  flesh  of  any  kind  or  description  whatever,  all 
filthy  or  offensive  water  or  slops  when  thrown  or  conducted  into  or 
upon  any  street,  alley,  public  ground  or  any  enclosure  so  as  to  be 
unwholesome  or  offensive  or  liable  to  become  unwholesome  or 
offensive,  all  privies,  slaughter-houses  or  slaughter-pens  that  are 
offensive  trom  use,  all  markets,  cellars,  stores  or  other  buildings  or 
places  which  are  not  kept  clean  and  free  from  filthy  or  unwholesome 
substances,  all  deposits  or  substances  that  are  offensive  or  liable  to 
engender  disease ;  every  trade,  business  or  occupation  injurious  to 
the  health  or  comfort  of  those  who  reside  in  the  vicinity,  any  lots, 
O.  229  barrel  or  receptacle  containing  water  or  slops  until  it  becomes  stag- 
8  *•  nant,  offensive  or  unwholesome  from  any  cause,  any  article  or 
substances  placed  upon  any  street,  sidewalk,  alley,  gutter,  drain  or 
public  ground  except  such  as  are  permitted  by  ordinances  of  the 
city  so  as  to  obstruct  the  same,  the  throwing  of  glass,  tin,  queeiis- 
wrare,  crockery  or  other  rubbish  into  or  upon  the  streets,  alleys, 
public  thoroughfares,  commons,  drains  or  gutters,  persons  found 
asleep  upon  the  sidewalk  or  on  the  street?,  alleys  or  public  thor- 
oughfares, any  unwholesome  food,  liquor,  or  adulterated  medicines, 
all  cattle,  horse  or  hog  pens,  stable  or  enclosure  in  which  any  cattle 
horse  or  hog  may  be  kept  or  confined  which  from  use  have  become 
offensive,  the  printing,  pasting,  sticking  or  placing  of  any  advertise- 
ment, hand  bill,  placard  of  any  printed,  pictured  or  written  matter 
upon  any  house,  wall,  building,  fence  or  other  property  private  or 
public  without  the  permission  of  the  owner  or  person  in  charge 
thereof,  any  nauseous,  foul  or  putrid  liquors  or  substances  likely  to 
be  nauseous,  foul,  offensive  or  putrid,  discharged,  placed,  thrown  or 
conducted  into  or  upon  any  street,  alley,  public  ground  or  common, 
the  wrongful  casting,  throwing  or  depositing  of  any  filth,  substance 
or  thing  into  any  public  or  private  well  or  cistern,  all  gates  or  doors 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  PORT  WORTH. 


opening  upon  any  public  street  or  sidewalk  upon  which  it  opens 
unless  such  gates  or  door  be  so  constructed  or  hung  as  to  be  self- 
closing,  the  keeping  or  leaving  open  of  any  cellar  or  trap-door  or 
the  grating  of  any  vault  in  or  upon  any  sidewalk,  street,  thorough- 
fare, or  public  passway,  the  making,  keeping  or  permitting  any 
uncovered  opening  or  hole  in  or  across  any  sidewalk  or  public  pass- 
way,  street  or  public  thoroughfare,  unless  the  same  is  with  proper 
authority,  and  is  sufficiently  guarded  and  protected  to  insure  the 
safety  of  all  persons  passing  by,  over  or  near  the  same  ;  the  sweep- 
ing or  depositing  of  paper,  filth  or  rubbish  of  any  kind  from  business 
houses  or  from  private  premises  into  the  drains  or  gutters,  or  into 
or  upon  any  sidewalk,  street  or  alley  or  public  thoroughfare,  and 
failing  to  burn  or  remove  the  same,  the  burning  of  any  hair,  leather, 
rags,  or  substance  of  any  kind  in  the  city  which  may  cause  or  pro- 
duce an  offensive  smell,  smoke  or  odor  to  the  annoyance  of  persons 
living  in  the  vicinity  or  to  persons  passing  the  same,  on  any  public 
thoroughfare  in  said  city ;  defecating  or  urinating  upon  the  streets, 
alleys,  or  public  grounds  or  in  any  place  that  may  be  seen  from 
a  private  residence  or  by  persons  passing  along  the  streets,  alleys 
or  public  thoroughfares,  be  and  the  same  are  each  and  all  hereby 
held  and  declared  to  be  nuisances,  and  as  such  are  liable  to  be 
abated,  and  the  person  or  persons  causing,  creating  or  keeping 
the  same,  liable  to  punishment  as  hereinafter  provided. 

SEC.  2.     That  any  person  or  persons  who  shall  cause,  create, 
keep,  permit  or  otherwise  be  guilty  of  a    nuisance  as  defined  in     K>  A 
the  first  section  of  this  ordinance,  shall    be    deemed    guilty  of  a   O.  229. 
misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof,    shall    be    fined    in    a 
sum  of  not  less  than  five    dollars    nor    more    than    one   hundred 
dollars,  and  that  each  day  that  said  nuisance  shall  continue  shall 
constitute  a  separate  offence. 

SEC.  3.     In  all  cases  arising  under  this  ordinance  whenever 
it  shall  appear  to  the  court  trying  said  cause    that  the  nuisance 
continues  at  the  time  of  conviction,    the    court    shall    order    and 
adjudge  the  removal,  abatement  or  destruction  of  such    nuisance    ^<A 
as  the    case    may    require    and    shall    issue    a    separate    warrant  °-  *29- 
therefor,  and  the  court  shall  inquire  into    the    probable    cost    of 
such  removal,  abatement  or  destruction,  and  shall   tax    the  costs 
thereof  against  the  defendant,  with  the  proviso  that  the  same  be 
remitted  if  the  defendant   obey    the    commands    of  said    warrant 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  Of  FORT  WORTH. 


without  delay,  without  the  interference  of  the  Marshal  or  a 
policeman,  such  costs  shall  be  collected  by  the  Marshal  or  any 
policeman  in  the  same  manner  that  other  costs  are  collected. 

SEC.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owner  or  his  agent  or 
the  occupant  of  any  lot,  building  or  place  of  any  kind  in  this 
city  where  any  nuisance  may  exist,  to  remove,  abate  or  destroy 
the  same  without  delay,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Marshal 
Deputy  Marshal,  policeman,  or  any  member  of  the  Board  of 
Health  who  may  be  cognizant  of  any  nuisance  either  of  his  own 
B.  A.  knowledge  or  from  creditable  information,  to  make  complaint 
\  4.  against  the  author  thereof  before  the  Mayor's  court,  and  any  officer 
above  mentioned,  failing  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  sec- 
tion shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  neglect  of  official 
duty,  and  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not 
less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

SEC.   5.      Whenever  any  nuisance  as  denned  in  the  first  section 

of  this  ordinance  is  found  in  any  place  in  this  city,  for  the  removal, 

O.  229.  abatement  or  destruction  of  which  no  one  can  be  held  liable  under 

^  5      the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Marshal 

to  remove,  abate  or  destroy  the  same  at  the  expense  of  this  city. 

SEC.  6.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  scavenger  or  other  per- 
sons to  remove  the  contents  of  any  privy,  or  other  material  of  like 
oifensive  character  situated  within  the  city  at  any  other  hour  of  the 
day  than  between  the  hours  of  ten  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  of  any 
B.  A.  day  and  four  o'clock  in  the  morning  of  the  day  following,  or  to  de- 
°v  |29  posit  the  same  at  any  other  place  than  that  designated  by  the  City 
Council  for  the  burial  of  filth,  offal  and  dead  animals,  or  to  leave 
the  same  until  he  shall  have  properly  buried  or  interred  the  same 
so  that  it  shall  not  be  oifensive  to  persons  passing  said  burial 
grounds,  and  that  any  person  or  persons  violating  either  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  section  shall  be  fined  the  sum  of  ten  dollars. 

SEC.  7.     Every  vehicle  used  to  transfer  or  haul  off  dung,  filth, 

offal  or  any  offensive  matter  or  material  through  the  streets,   alleys 

or  public  thoroughfares  of  the  city  shall  be  fitted  with  a  tight  box 

QB  229    to  be  so  constructed  and  loaded  that  no  portion  of  the  offensive  mat- 

2  7-      ter  or  material  therein  conveyed   shall  escape  or  be  scattered  or  left 

upon  the  street,  alley  or  public  thoroughfare,  and  when  necessary 

to  prevent  the  escape  of  offensive  odors  such  box  shall  be  tightly 

covered ;  any   scavenger   or  other  person  engaged  in  hauling   off 


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dung,  filth,  offal  or  other  offensive  matter  or  material,  who  shall  use 
in  the  business  any  vehicle  not  of  the  construction  herein  specified 
or  who  shall  scatter,  leave,  or  deposit  any  dung,  filth,  offal  or 
offensive  matter  or  material  upon  any  street,  alley  or  public  thor- 
oughfare or  common,  within  the  city,  shall  be  fined  the  sum  of  ten 
dollars.  B.  A. 

SBC.  8.     That  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  shall  be  in   °:  229- 

v  "• 
force  from  and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law. 

Approved  April  26,  1880. 


ORDINANCE  LXXVI. 


An  Ordinance  defining  and  prohibiting  certain  nuisances. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.     Whoever  shall,  in  this  city,  suffer  or  permit  any 
cellar,  vault,  drain,  pool,  privy,  sewer,  yard,  grounds  or  premises 
belonging  to  or  controlled  by  him,  to  become  from  any  cause  nause-   ?• A 
ous,  foul,  offensive  or  injurious   to  the  public  health,  or  unpleasant      \  i. 
and  offensive  to  adjacent  residents  or  persons,  shall  be  deemed  guilty 
of  a  nuisance,  and  on  conviction,  be  fined  not  less  than  ten  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars. 

SEC.  2.     The  owner  or  occupant  of  any  premises  in  the  city 
upon  which  there  is  located  a  privy,  shall,  every  third  day  during  O.  255 
the  months  of  May,  June,   July,  August  and  September,  of  each 
and  every  year,  thoroughly  disinfect  said  privy  with  lime  or  other 
disinfectant. 

SEC.  3.  Whoever  fails,  refuses  or  neglects  to  comply  with  §  2  B.  A. 
of  this  ordinance,  shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  be  fined  not  less  than  •  |55- 
ten  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

SEC.  4.     Whereas  there  is  an  urgent  necessity  for  said  ordi-     '*• A- 
nance,  the  same  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and  after  its      \  4 
passage. 

Approved  Aug.  3,  1881. 


104  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  LXXVIL 


An  Ordinance  prohibiting  opium  smoking. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort    Worth: 

OB*309  SECTION  1.     That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  one  to  smoka 

\  i-     opium  within  the  corporate  limits  of  said  city. 

SEC.  2.     Any  person  violating  section  one  of  this  ordinance 
O.  309.  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  fined  not  less  than  five 
* 2'      nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

B  B  SEC.  3.     Any  person  who  shall  keep  a  house,  room  or  place 

0.309.  where  opium  smokers  visit,  or  a  place  of  resort  for  opium  smokers, 
in  said  city,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  ten  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars. 

B.  B.  SEC.  4.     Any  person  visiting  an  opium  den  in  said  city  for  the 

'\^    purpose  of  opium  smoking,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  exceeding 

fifty  dollars  nor  less  than  five  dollars. 

OB-  B-  SEC.  5.     Any  place  where  opium  smoking  is  carried  on  is  an 

\  5-      opium  den. 

SEC.  6.     That  this  ordinance  take  effect* from  and  after  its 
B.  B.        ...      . 
O.  309.   publication. 

2 6-  Approved  Aug.  3,  1883. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  LXXVIII. 


An  Ordinance  to  prevent  the  keeping,  raising  and  breeding  of  pigeons  in  said  city. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth : 

B    A  SECTION  1.     It  shall  hereafter  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or 

O-  297.   persons  to  keep,  raise  or  breed  pigeons  within  the  corporate  limits 
of  said  city. 

SEC.  2.     Any  person  or  persons  keeping,  raising  or  breeding 

B.  A.    pigeons,  and  any  person  or  persons  having  in  their  possession,  or 

%2^'   having  in  or  about  their  premises  any  pigeons  with  intent  to  keep, 

raise  or  breed  the  same,  within  the  corporate  limits  of  said  city, 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH.  105 

shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  nuisance,  and  on  conviction  thereof, 
shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than 
twenty-five  dollars. 

SEC.  3.     That  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and   be  in  force    B.  A. 
from  and  after  its  publication  by  law.  °-  297» 

Passed  November  29, 1882. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  LXXIX. 


An  Ordinance  regulating  the  Duties  of  the  Police  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.     The  regular  police  force  of  this  city  shall  con- 
sist of  the  Marshal  as  Chief  of  Police,  and  of  such  number  of  police-  o.  155. 
men  as  the  City  Council  may  from  time  to  time  authorize  and  by      $  l 
resolution  appoint. 

SEC.  2.     That  upon  the  appointment  of  any  policeman  by  the 
Council,  the  Mayor  shall  issue  to  him  a  commission  as  such,  and  upon 
receipt  of  such  commission  the  person  so  appointed  shall  before  en- 
tering upon  the  duties  of  his  office  take  and  subscribe  the  oath  of    B.  A. 
office  prescribed  by  the  Constitution  of  the  State  and  the  Charter  of     « '55- 
the  city,  and  shall  execute  to  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  a  bond  with 
one  or  more  sufficient  securities,  to  be  approved  by  the  Mayor,  in 
the  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars  ior  the  faithful  performance  of  his 
duties. 

SEC.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  policemen  to  keep  a  faith- 
ful watch,  and  work  in  the  district  assigned  them,  and  to  arrest  and 
detain  without  warrants  all  offenders  against  the  peace  and  all  per- 
sons who  may  obstruct,  hinder  or  endanger  them  or  either  of  them 
in  the  discharge  of  their  duties,  or  who  shall  be  guilty  of  any  disor-  o.  155. 
derly  conduct,  or  engage  in  a  riot,  unlawful  assembly,  outcries,  2  3 
noises  or  other  disturbances,  and  for  this  purpose  said  Marshal  and 
policemen  are  authorized  to  enter  any  house  where  any  person  may 
take  refuge  or  be,  to  arrest  any  person  who  has  in  their  presence  or 
hearing  been  guilty  of  any  offence  against  the  peace  of  the  city,  or 
may  enter  any  house  where  any  breach  of  the  peace  is  about  to  be 
14 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OP  FORT  WORTH. 


committed,    or   where   any   unusual   noise,  alarm,   outcry,   or   dis- 
turbance shall  be  made. 

B.  A.  SEC.  4.     The  Marshal  shall  with  the  approval   of  the  Mayor, 

°-  *55  assign  to  each  policeman  his  particular  district   and  the  hours  of 
duty. 

SEC.  5.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  and  every  member  of  the 
B.  A.    police  force  to  arrest  without  warrant  all  persons  found  in  suspicious 
2  -""    places  or  under  circumstances  which  reasonably  show  that  such  per- 
sons have  been  guilty  of  some  felony  or  breach  of  the  peace. 

SEC.  6.     In   all  cases  of  the  arrest  of  any  person  or  persons 

without  warrant,  the  officer  making  the  arrest  shall  take  the  person 

arrested  forthwith  before  the  Mayor's  court  if  in  session.     If  said 

o  '  I5*5    court  is  not  in  session  the  officer  shall  commit  the  person  or  persons 

\  6      arrested  to  the  city  prison  or  calaboose,  there  to  be  kept  securely  in 

custody  until  said  court  shall  be  in  session.     Provided  that  the  Mar- 

shal or  his  deputy  or  any  member  of  the  regular  police  force  may 

take  good  and  sufficient  bail  for  the  appearance  of  such  offenders 

before  the  Mayor's  court. 

B  A  SEC.  7.     No  person  shall  be  appointed  a  member  of  the  police 

O-  155-   force  who  does  not  possess  a  good  moral  character. 

SEC.  8.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  policeman  to  arrest 

B.  A.     without  warrant  any  person  who  in  his  presence  violates  any  ordi- 

'o1^5'   nance  of  the  city,  or  when  informed  by  any  credible  person  that  an- 

other  has  violated  any  ordinance  or   State  law   and  is  about  to 

escape. 

SEC.  9.  The  Marshal  shall  devote  his  whole  time  to  the  dis. 
charge  of  his  duties,  and  shall  see  that  the  laws  and  ordinances  are 
enforced  as  far  as  possible  by  those  under  his  command,  and  shall 
see  that  policemen  are  on  duty  during  the  whole  time  of  their  watch, 
and  shall  in  no  case  absent  himself  from  the  city  without  notifying 
the  Mayor  of  his  intended  absence.  He  shall  keep  a  record  in  a 
O.  155.  book  to  be  provided  by  the  Council,  of  all  persons  committed  to  the 
?  9*  prison,  the  offence  with  which  such  person  is  charged,  the  date  of  his 
committment  and  release,  and  a  description  of  such  property,  money 
or  valuables  as  the  arrested  party  may  have,  and  and  he  shall  at  the 
first  regular  meeting  of  the  Council  in  each  month,  and  as  often  as 
may  be  required  by  the  Mayor,  make  a  report  in  writing  of 
the  doings  of  his  department  during  the  month  perceeding.  Said 
report  shall  set  forth  all  arrests  made,  the  nature  of  the  charge  and 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH.  107 


how  disposed  of,  and  a  statement  of  all   property   received  by  him 
and  how  disposed  of. 

SEC.  10.  The  Marshal .  Deputy  Marshal  and  all  policemen 
shall  obey  all  orders  of  the  Mayor  or  of  the  City  Council  when  in 
session,  and  shall  to  the  best  of  their  ability  preserve  order,  quiet, 
and  peace  throughout  the  city,  and  enforce  all  ordinances  of  the 
city.  Every  policeman  shall  report  to  the  Marshal  all  persons  known 
or  suspected  to  be  gamblers,  receivers  of  stolen  property,  theives,  H.  A. 
burglars,  or  disorderly  persons,  and  all  unlawful  or  disorderly  °o  l^' 
houses  or  places  within  the  city,  and  when  it  shall  come  to  the 
knowledge  of  any  member  of  the  police  force  that  any  ordinance 
has  been  violated,  such  member  shall  forthwith  report  the  same  to 
the  City  Attorney,  who  shall  cause  a  proper  complaint  to  be 
made  and  evidence  procured  for  the  prosecution  of  the  offender. 

SEC.  11.     The  Mayor  or  Council  may,  cri  application  being 
made  to  them,  appoint  any  suitable  person  in  the  employ  of  any 
corporation,  association,    firm,  or   individual,  a  special  policeman, 
in  and  for  the  city.     Special  policemen   shall  have  all  the  qualifi-   o.  155. 
cations  of  the  regular  police,  shall  take   and   subcribe    the    same    $  "• 
oath,  and  may  exercise  the  same  powers,  subject  to  the  same  regu- 
lations of  the  regular  police.     But  special  policemen  shall  not  be 
paid  anything  by  the  city  for  their  services. 

SEC.  12.  The  Mayor  shall  at  the  time  of  appointing  police- 
men assign  each  a  number,  said  members  shall  rank  according  to 
their  number,  one  being  the  highest,  two,  next,  and  so  on,  and  in 
all  cases  the  policeman  present  having  the  highest  number  (in  the 
absence  of  the  Marshal)  shall  be  obeyed  by  subordinates.  B.  A. 

,  The  following  rules  for  the  general  government  of  the  police     g  J. 
department  are  adopted : 

First. — No  member  of  the  police  force  shall  follow  any  other 
business  or  occupation. 

Second. — All  members  of  the  force  must  be  prepared  to  act 
whenever  their  services  are  demanded  by  a  superior  officer  is  in 
view  of  a  violation  of  any  ordinance  or  law,  at  all  times. 

Third. — No  member  of  the  police  force  shall,  while  on  duty, 
drink  any  intoxicating  liquor,  wine  or  beer,  or  enter  any  place 
where  such  liquors  are  sold,  or  any  billiard  hall,  gambling  house  or 
house  of  ill-fame,  except  to  execute  process,  or  to  make  an  arrest 
in  cases  herein  authorized  to  be  made  without  warrant 


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Fourth.  —  No  ^member  of  the  force  shall,  while  off  duty,  fre- 
quent any  saloon,  gambling  house,  or  house  of  ill-fame  or  pros- 
titution. 

Fifth.  —  Members  of  the  force  shall  be  civil  and  respectful  to 
the  public,  and  shall  not  while  on  duty,  use  any  violent,  intem- 
perate, or  abusive  language. 

Sixth.  —  Each  member  shall  always  have  with  him  a  memoran- 
dum book,  in  which  he  shall  enter  the  names  and  residences  of 
persons  who  may  be  necessary  for  evidence  against  the  party. 

Seventh.  —  Policemen  must  report  to  the  Marshal  or  City 
Attorney  all  houses  where  idlers,  gamblers,  prostitutes,  or  other  dis- 
orderly persons  are  in  the  habit  of  congregating. 

Eighth.  —  Policemen  shall  caution  strangers  and  others  against 
going  into  places  where  idlers,  gamblers,  or  prostitutes  congregate, 
and  against  all  vicious  persons.  They  shall  also  direct  strangers 
and  others  needing  directions  the  nearest  and  safest  way  to  their 
destination. 

B.  A.  SEC.  13.     That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 

a  \^°  and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  May  11,  1878. 


ODINANCE  NO.  LXXX. 


An  Ordinance  creating  the  office  of  pound  keeper  and  regulating  the  powers  and 
duties  thereof  and  prohibiting  the  running  at  large  of  hogs,  shoats  and  pigs, 
and  punishing  persons  breaking  into  pound  or  hindering  keeper. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the   City  of  Fort    Worth: 

SECTION  1.     There  shall  be  appointed  by  the  City  Council,  in 

and  for  said  city,  a  pound  keeper  who  shall,  before  entering  on  the 

duties  of  his  office,  execute  a  bond  to  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  in 

B.  A.    the  sum  of  two  hundred  dollars,  with  one  or  more  sureties,  to  be 

"  |  \      approved  by  the  Mayor,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of 

the  duties  of  pound  keeper  and  the  observance  of  all  ordinances 

and  regulations  of  the  City  Council   relating  to  the  impounding  of 

animals,  which  bond  shall  be  filed  with  the  City  Secretary. 

SEC.  2.     The  City  Pound  Keeper  shall  provide  within  the  city 


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a  pound  suitably  constructed  for  impounding  of  such  animals,  arid 
shall  designate  the  location  of  said  pound  and  report  the  same  to    H  A 
the  City  Council  at  the  first  meeting  after  providing  the  same,  and    O.,  162 
shall  also  post  on  the  door  of  the  engine  room  of  the  City  Hall  a 
notice  stating  the  location  of  such  pound,  naming  the  lot  and  street 
on  which  located. 

SEC.  3.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Pound  Keeper  to  take  up 
and  impound  all  animals  found  running  at  large  in  violation  of  any 
ordinance  of  this  city  and  also   to  receive  and  impound  any  such     B.  A. 
animal  when  taken  up  by  any  other  authorized   person,  and  shall      g^2 
during  the  time  such  animal  shall  remain  in  the  pound,  feed  and 
water  the  same;  the  cost  of  which  as  also  the  impounding  fees,  the 
claimant  of  such  animal  shall  pay  to  the  Pound  Keeper  before  such 
animal  shall  be  released. 

SEC,  4.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Marshal  and  policemen  to  Q'  ,^2 
forthwith  take  up  and  drive  to  the  pound  any  hog,  shoat  or  pig  found      3  4 
running  at  large  in  violation  of  the  ordinances  of  the  city. 

SEC.  5.  Any  person  who  is  injured  or  is  in  danger  of  being 
injured  in  his  property  by  reason  of  the  unlawful  running  at  large  O.  162. 
of  any  hog,  shoat  or  pig,  may  drive  the  same  to  the  pound  or  may 
confine  the  same  in  some  safe  place  until  he  can  notify  the  Pound 
Keeper  or  a  policeman  of  the  fact,  and  the  officer  so  notified  shall 
forthwith  take  such  animal  and  impound  the  same. 

SEC.  6.  The  owner  or  person  entitled  to  the  possession  of  any 
impounded  hog,  shoat  or  pig,  may  redeem  the  same  by  paying  to  the 
Pound  Keeper  the  impounding  fees  and  cost  of  feeding  and  suste- 
nance up  to  the  time  of  redemption,  but  if  no  person  appear  and 
redeem  such  impounded  animal  within  forty-eight  hours  after  the 
impounding  of  the  same,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Pound  Keeper  to 
advertise  and  sell  such  animal  at  public  auction  at  the  City  Pound 
for  cash  in  hand,  after  giving  five  days'  notice  by  posting  written  or 
printed  notices  of  the  time  and  place  of  such  sale  at  the  door  of  the  o'  l6'2 
engine  room  and  at  one  public  place  in  each  ward  of  the  city,  which  %  6- 
notice  shall  contain  a  full  description  of  the  animals  to  be  sold,  and 
each  animal  shall  be  sold  separately  and  the  money  arising  therefrom 
shall,  after  the  expenses  of  impounding,  feeding  and  selling  are 
deducted,  be  paid  over  to  the  treasurer,  and  shall  by  him  be  kept 
for  the  benefit  of  the  owner  and  paid  to  such  owner  by  order  of  the 
Mayor,  on  satisfactory  proof  of  ownership  ;  provided,  that  should 


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no  owner  appear  and  claim  the  same  within  sixty  days  from  the 
date  of  such  sale,  the  same  shall  be  transferred  to  the  current  ex- 
pense fund  of  the  city. 

SEC.  7.     The  Pound  Keeper  shall  keep  a  book  which  shall  be 

open  to  the  inspection  of  all  persons,  in  which  he  shall  record  a  dis- 

B.  A.     cription  of  all  animals  impounded,  giving  size,  color,  sex  and  marks, 

O.  162.   wjth  tne  date  of  impounding  each  animal,  by  whom  impounded  and 

the  disposition  made  of  such  animal,  when  and  by  whom  redeemed, 

and  in  case  of  sale,  the  date  of  the  sale,  name  of  the  purchaser,  and 

amount  for  which  same  was  sold  and  each  animal  shall  be  numbered 

•     in  the  order  in  which  impounded. 

SEC.  8.     No  animal  impounded  as  herein   provided  shall  be 

released  by   the  Pound   Keeper   unless  the   claimant   shall   make 

affidavit  before  some  officer  authorized  by  law   to  administer  oaths, 

that  he  is  the  rightful  owner  or  entitled  to  the  possession  of  such 

Q  *  j6*2   animal,  in  which  the   number  of  the  animal,  as  it  appears  on  the 

\  8-      record  of  the  Pound  Keeper  shall  be  stated,  which  affidavit  shall  be 

returned  with  the  receipt  of  such  claimant  by  the  Pound  Keeper  to 

the  City  Council. 

B  .  SEC.  9.     The  Pound  Keeper  shall,  at  the  first  regular  meeting 

O.  162  of  the  City  Council,  in  each  month,  make  a  written  report,  under 
oath,  of  the  number  of  animals  impounded  and  the  disposition  made 
of  each. 

SEC.  10.     The  following  fees  shall  be  allowed  for  impounding 
and  feeding  animals  at  large  contrary  to  ordinances  :     To  the  Pound 
Keeper  or  policeman  for  taking  up  and  impounding  each  hog,  shoat 
B.  A.    or  pig,  fifty  cents ;  to  the  Pound  Keeper  for  keeping  and  feeding 
^  J02    each  hog,  shoat  or  pig,  fifteen  cents  per  day ;  to  the  Pound  Keeper 
for  receiving  each   hog,  shoat  or  pig  taken  up  and  driven  to  the 
pound  by  any  policeman,  ten  cents  ;  to  the  Pound  Keeper  for  adver- 
tising and  selling  any  animal  as  herein  provided,  five  per  cent,  of 
the  proceeds  of  such  sale. 

SEC.  11.     That  if  any  person  or  persons  shall  break  open  or 

in  any  manner,  directly  or  indirectly,  aid  or  assist  in  breaking  open 

B.  A.     any  pen  or  enclosure  with  the  intent  of  releasing  any  hog,  shoat  or 

j  I09    pig  or  other  animal  therein  impounded,  pursuant  to  the  provisions 

of  any  ordinance  of  this  city,  he,  she  or  they  shall  be  deemed  guilty 

of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  fined  in  any 

sum  not  less  than  fifty  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 


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SEC.  12.     If  any  person  or  persons  shall  hinder,  delay  or  ob- 
struct any  officer  in   the  performance  of  any  duty  herein  enjoined,     B  A 
or  enjoined  by  any  other  ordinance  of  this  city  in  regard  to  im-   O.  109 
pounding  animals,  he,  she  or  they  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  mis- 
demeanor, and  on  conviction  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than 
ten  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

SEC.  13.     That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  the  owner  of  any  hog.     B.  A. 
shoat  or  pig  to  allow  the  same  to  run  at  large  within  the  corporate      « g09 
limits  of  the  city,  and  any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this       & 
section,  shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less   O.  149. 
than  one  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

SEC.   14.     That  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force 
from  and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  July  17,  1878. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  LXXXI. 


An  Ordinance  in  relation  to  the  Poor  and   Dead. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   City   Council  of  the   City  of  Fort    Worth  : 

SECTION  1.     That  it  shall  be  lawful,  and  it  is  hereby  made  the 
duty  of  the  Mayor  that  whenever  it  shall  come  to   his  knowledge 
that  any  person  or  persons  in  said  city  are  sick  or  in  destitute  con-     o.  18 
dition  he  shall  furnish  such  person   or   persons   with  the  necessary      $  l 
means  of  support  and  such  medical  aid  as  may  be  deemed  requisite 
by  him,  until  such  time  as  they  shall  be  otherwise  provided  for,  the 
expenses  of  which  shall  be  borne  by  the  city. 

SEC.  2.     Whenever  any  person  shall  die  within  the  limits  of 
this  city  who  has  not  at  the  time  of  his  or  her  death  means  sufficient    B.  A. 
to  defray  their  burial  expenses,  the  Mayor,   at  his  discretion,   may    °o  *8' 
furnish  the  means  to  defray  the  expenses   of  such  burial,   provided 
that  the  same  shall  be  done  in  a  plain  and  inexpensive  but  decent 
manner. 

SEC.  3.     This  ordinance  to  take  effect  and  be   in  force  from    B.  A. 
,     „  O.  18. 

and  after  its  passage.  g  3 

Approved  April  10,  1873. 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  LXXXII. 


An  Ordinance  to  prohibit  male  persons  from  riding,  walking  or  prominading  the 
streets,  alleys  or  other  public  grounds  of  the  city  with  any  prostitute  or  woman 
of  ill-fame,  commonly  denominated  whores. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   City    Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.     That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  male  person  or 

persons  to  ride  or  drive  in  any  hack,  buggy  or  other  vehicle,  or  ride 

on  horseback  with  any  prostitute  or  woman  of  ill-fame,  commonly 

B.  A.    denominated  as  whores,  in  or  upon  any  street,  alley  or  other  public 

°s  "    ground  of  the  city  between  the  hours  of  four  o'clock  a.  m.  and  nine 

o'clock  p.  m.    Provided  that  the  drivers  of  licensed  hacks  or  passage 

vehicles  shall  not  be  included  in  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  2.     That   it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  male  person  or 

0  .      persons  to  walk  or  prominade  with  any    prostitute,  or  woman  of 
0. 92.    ill-fame,  commonly    denominated    whores,    in  or  upon  any  street, 

alley  or  other  public  ground  of  the  city. 

SEC.   3.     That  any  person  or  persons  violating  the  provisions 
B.  A.     of  this  ordinance  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a    misdemeanor,  and 
i  ?2'    upon  conviction,  thereof,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than 
ten  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

SEC.  4.     That  this  ordinance  shall  rake  effect  and  be  in  force 

.o«  A  • 

0. 92.     from  and  after  its  publication,  as  required  by  law. 

1  4  Approved  Dec.  27,  1876. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  LXXXIII. 


An  Ordinance  prohibiting  lewd  women  or  women  of  bad  repute  being  employed  in 
Saloons  or  other  Public  Places  as  Waiters  or  Bar-tenders. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1     That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  the  proprietor   or 

keeper  of  any  saloon,  beer  house,  or  other  place  of  public  resort  to 

l'>.  A.     employ  any  lewd  women  or  women  having  the  reputation  of  a  pros- 

°'|Y     titute  as  a  carrier  of  beer  or  other  article  sold  in  such  place,  or  to 

permit  any  lewd  woman  of  bad  repute  to  act  as  a  carrier  of  beer  or 


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as  a  bartender  in  such  place,  and  any  person  violating  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance,  shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  be  fined 
not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

SEC.  2.     That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from   QB* A- 
and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law.  \  2. 

Approved  Sept.  17,  1879. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  LXXXIV. 

An  Ordinance  relating  to  the  Public  Peace. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.     That  if  any  person  shall,  in  this  city,  by  violent, 
tumultuous,  offensive  or  obstreperous  conduct,  or  carriage,or  by  loud    B  A. 
or  unusual  noise,  or  by  unseemly,  profane,  or  offensive  langauge,  cal-    °-  *4 
culated  to  provoke  a  breach  of  the  peace,  or  by  assaulting,  striking 
or  fighting  each  other,  wilfully  disturb  the  peace  of  the  city  or  of 
others,  he  or  she  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor. 

SEC.  2.     That  if  any  person   shall,  in  this  city,  permit  such    ^    A 
conduct  in  or  upon  any  house  or  premises  owned  or  possessed  by    O.  24. 
him,  or  under  his  management  or  control,  so   that  others    in    the 
vicinity  are  disturbed  thereby,  he  or  she  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor. 

SEC.  3.  That  any  person  violating  either  of  the  provisions  of  B.  A. 
this  ordinance  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  nor  more  g'^4* 
than  fifty  dollars  upon  conviction  thereof. 

SEC.  4.  That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from!  ^  A- 
and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law.  \  4. 

Approved  April  10,  1873. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  LXXXV. 


An  Ordinance  defining  and  punishing  Affrays  and  Disturbances  of  the  Peace. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.     If  any  two  or  more  persons  shall  fight  together 
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B.  A.     in  a  public  place  they  shall  be  punished  by  fine  not  exceeding  one 
\  i      hundred  dollars. 

SEC.  2.     If  any  person  shall  go  into  any  public  place,  or  into 

or  near  any  private  house,  or  along  any  public  street  or  highway 

near  any  private  house,  and  shall  use  loud  and  vociferous,  or  ob- 

0/206.   scene,  vulgar,  or  indecent  language,  or  swear  or  curse,  or  expose  his 

^  2'      person,  or  rudely  display  any  pistol  or  other  deadly  weapon  in  such 

public  place,  or  upon  such  public  street  or  highway,  or  near  such 

private  house,  in    a  manner   calculated    to    disturb  the   inhabitants 

thereof,    he   shall    be   fined  in  a  sum  not  exceeding  one  hundred 

dollars. 

SEC.  3.     A  public  place,  within  the  meaning  of  the  two  pre- 

B.  A.     ceding  sections,  is  any  public  road,  street  or  alley,  inn,  tavern,  store, 

°- *°6'  grocery,  workshop,  or  any  place  to  which  people  resort  for  purposes 

of  business,  recreation  or  amusement. 

B.  A.  SEC.  4.      That  this  ordinance    take    effect    and    b  '    in    force 

\  6    '  from  and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law. 
Passed  Sept.  4,  1879. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  LXXXVI. 


An  Ordinance  prohibiting  the  ringing  of  Bells,  blowing  of  Horns  or  Bugles,  or  other 
noisy  practices  or  performances  tending  to  annoy  persons  passing  in  the  streets 
or  sidewalks,  or  frighten  horsey  or  teams. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort    Worth  : 

SECTION  1.     That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person   or  per- 
B.  A.     sons  to  ring  any  bell  or  blow  any  horn  or  bugle,  or  beat  any  drum 
O.  291.  or   to   make  any    ioud  noise,  or  to  be  guilty  of  any  practice,  per- 
formance or  amusement  tending  to  annoy  other  persons  passing  in 
the  streets  or  sidewalks,  or  tending  to  frighten  horses  or  teams  within 
this  city. 

SEC.  2.     That  any  person  or  persons  violating  the  provisions 

B-A-     of  the  first  section  of  this  ordinance  shnll  be  deemed  guilty  of  a 
O.  291 
\  2.      misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum 

not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

SEC.  3.     That    nothing   in   the  first  section  of  this  ordinance 


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shall  be  so  construed  as  to  prevent  the  mayor  from  granting  permits 
for  the  playing  of  bands  in  parades  or  processions.     Provided,  that    B-  A- 
whenever  any  accident  or  damage  to  person  or  property  is  occa-     \  3. 
sioned  by  reason  of  the  playing  of  any  band,  the  parties  engaged  in 
such  playing  shall  be  held  responsible  and  not  the  city. 

SEC.  4.     That  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force    B.  A. 
from  and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law.  O  291. 

Passed  Oct.  19,  1882. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  LXXXVII. 

An  Ordinance  establishing  Quarantine  Regulations. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth: 

SECTION  1.     There  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Mayor  with  the 
advice  and  consent  of  the  City  Council  a  quarantine  physician,  who  -?"-4j 
shall  be  a  regular  graduate  of  some  medical  school,  and  at  the  time      \  i. 
of  his  appointment  engaged  in  the  pursuit  of  his  profession. 

SEC.  2.     A  point  on  the  Texas  and  Pacific  railroad,  ten  miles 
east  of  Fort  Worth  is  hereby  established  as  a  quarantine  station  for  0/167. 
the  City  of  Fort  Worth,  and  the  same  shall  be  subject  to  the  regu-      2  2 
lations  herein  prescribed  or  that  may  be  prescribed. 

SEC.  3.     All  passenger  coaches,  freight  cars,  mail  or  baggage 
cars,  and  all  persons   arriving  at   said  station    from  any  place  or    g.  A. 
places  beyond  the  limits  of  the  county  of  Tarrant,  shall  immediately  °-  *^ 
upon  their  arrival  stop  at  the  place   assigned  for  quarantine,  and 
shall  there  remain  with  their  officers,  employees  or  passengers  dur- 
ing the  time  prescribed  by  the  quarantine  physician,  not  exceeding 
twenty  days. 

SEC.  4.     The  quarantine  physician  shall  forthwith  upon  the 
arrival  of  any  train  at  said  station  cause  such  train  and  each   car 
with  freight  and  clothing  to  be  disinfected  and  purified   under  such   Q',^ 
rules  as  said  physician  may  prescribe,  and  said  physician  may,  if  in      \  4- 
his  discretion  necessary  to  prevent  spreading  of  any  infectious  dis- 
ease, cause  all  freight  or  clothing  to  be  destroyed  or  securely  stored. 

SEC.  5.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  conductor  or  persons  in 


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charge  of  any  train  on  arriving  at  said  station  to  make  report  to 
the  quarantine  physician  of  the  place  from  whence  such  train  and 
each  coach  thereof  came,  of  each  and  every  person  onboard,  and  the 
B.  A.  place  from  which  each  person,  baggage,  freight,  or  package  may 
O.  167.  have  Come,  and  when  required  by  the  physician  shall  exhibit  all 
tickets  taken  by  him  from  those  on  board  his  train,  or  bills  showing 
from  what  points  any  freight  or  baggage  or  package  have  been 
shipped,  and  no  person,  freight  or  baggage  or  package  of  any  kind 
shall  be  allowed  to  leave  such  train  or  quarantine  station  without  the 
written  permission  of  the  quarantine  physician. 

SEC.  6.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  conductor  or  person   in 
**•  A*    charge  of  any  train  to  put  off  any  passenger   or   person,  baggage, 
\  6.      mail  or  package,  or  to  unload  or  tranship  any  freight  before  his 
train  shall  have  been  examined  by  the  quarantine  physician. 

SEC.  7.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  conductor  or  person 
in  charge  of  a  train  to  stop  his  train  only  at  the  place  assigned  for 
quarantine,  to  submit  his  train,  cargo,  freight,  passengers  and  em- 
ployees  to  the  examination  of  the  quarantine  physician,  and  to 
O.  167.  furnish  all  necessary  information  to  enable  that  officer  to  determine 
the  right  of  quarantine,  to  remain  with  his  train,  freights  or  pas- 
sengers at  quarantine  during  the  time  assigned  by  the  quarantine 
physician,  and  to  comply  with  the  directions,  regulations  or  orders 
given  by  the  quarantine  physician. 

B  A  SEC.  8.     All  expenses  incident  to  the  removal  and  care  of  per- 

0. 167.   sons,  freights  or  baggage  at  said  quarantine  station,  shall  be  paid  by 
such  persons  or  owners  of  such  baggage  or  freight. 

SEC.  9.     All    persons   are  prohibited  leaving    any   train    or 
O.  167.   coach  upon  arrival  at  said  station  without  permission  of  the  quaran- 
^  9'      tine  physician. 

SEC.  10.     All  persons  coming  from  Memphis,  New  Orleans  or 

B.  A.     other  places  infected  with  yellow  fever  or   other  infectious  diseases 

2  J0/%   since  the  first  day  of  August,  1878  are  prohibited  coming  into  the 

City  of  Fort  Worth  without  written  permission   of  the  quarantine 

physician. 

SEC.   11.     The  quarantine    physician    may    appoint    one    or 
B.  A.    m<>re  assistants,  who  shall    possess    the    same    qualifications,    and 
O.  167.  while  acting  under  his  authority  or  directions  shall  have  the  same 
power  and  authority. 

SBC.  12.     No  driver  of  any  kind  of  vehicle  shall    transport 


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or  deliver  any  person,  baggage,  mail  or  freight  brought  from  any  0/167 
place  or  places  infected  with  yellow  fever  or  other  infectious  ^  I2 
diseases. 

SEC.   13.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  keepers  of  hotels,  board-     \\f  A 
ing  houses,  to  report  the  arrival  of  all  persons  coming  from  places   °-  l67 
infected  with  yellow  fever  or  contagious  diseases  who  may  apply 
for  board  or  lodging,  to  the  mayor. 

SEC.  14.     Any  person  violating  any  or    either    of   the  pro- 
visions of   this  ordinance,    shall    on    conviction    thereof,  be  fined    O.  167 
riot  less  than  fifty  nor  more  than  one  hundred    dollars,    and    in 
addition  thereto  be  liable  to  fifteen  days  imprisonment. 

SEC.  15.     That  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  in 
force,  on  proclamation  to   that  effect,    by  the  Mayor  of  the  City 
of  Fort  Worth,  without  further   publication    than  the  notice  con-     B.  A. 
tained  in  such  proclamation,  and  the  Board  of  Health  are   author-   ^  \^' 
ized  and  empowered  to  pass  such  additional  rules,   not  inconsistent 
with  the  laws  of  the  state,  as  they  may  deem  expedient,  to  pre- 
vent contagion,  and  for  the  government  of  quarantine  stations. 

SEC.  16.  That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from     Ke  A 
and  after  its  publication.  °-  j|7- 

Approved  Aug  21,  1878. 


ORDINANCE   NO.  LXXXVIII. 


An  Ordinance  regulating  trials  before  the  Mayor's  Court  and  proceedings  therein. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth : 

SECTION  1.  That  in  all  cases  of  misdemeanors  in  violation  of  B.  A. 
the  ordinances  of  this  city,  the  party  accused  shall  be  tried  before  ^ ,/ 
the  Mayor's  or  Recorder's  court. 

SEC.  2.     That  the  proceedings  in  said  court,  when  there  is  no     H  A 
specific  provision  in  the  act  of  incorporation,  or  by  ordinance,  in    °-  *6- 
regard  thereto,  shall  be  governed  by  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Texas 
regulating  proceedings  in  the  justices'  courts. 

SEC.  3.     That  when  an  application  is  made  for  a  jury  in  the 
Mayor's  Court,  the  Mayor  ahall  direct  the  Marshal  to  summon  six 


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disinterested  qualified  electors  within  the  city  to  serve  as  a  jury, 

B  A     unless  the  parties  agree  to  a  less  number ;  and  any  person  so  sum- 

O.  26.    moned,  who  shall  fail  or  refuse  to  attend,  without  showing  good  and 

sufficient  cause  for  such  failure  or  refusal,  may  be  fined  by  the 

Mayor  in  any  sum  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars,  for  the  use  of  the 

city. 

SEC.  4.     That  either  the  prosecutor  or  defendant  in  all  trials 

before  the  Mayor,  may,  without  cause  or  reason  assigned  therefor, 

O.  26.    challenge  two  of  the  jurors  summoned  as  aforesaid,  when  it  shall  be 

^4'      the  duty  of  the  Marshal   to  summon   additional  jurors  to  fill  the 

vacancy. 

SEC.   5.     The  Mayor  shall  have   power  to  punish  all  persons 
guilty  of  a  contempt  of  his  court  by  a  fine  not   exceeding   fifty 
dollars,  and  by  imprisonment  not  exceeding  twenty-four  hours  in  the 
O.  26.    calaboose  of  the  city,  or  by  both  fine  and  imprisonment,  and  he  may 
£  5-      commit  such  person  until  the  fine  imposed  is  paid ;  provided,  that 
no  one  shall  be  imprisoned  for  a  greater  time  than  ten  days,  and 
that  all  warrants  of  commitment  for  contempt,  shall  set  forth  speci- 
fically the  facts  constituting  the  contempt. 

SEC.  6  Any  person  arrested  for  a  violation  of  an  ordinance 
of  this  city  may  be  admitted  to  bail  by  executing  a  bond  payable  to 
the  City  of  Fort  Worth,  with  good  and  sufficient  security,  GO  be  ap- 
proved by  the  Mayor  or  Marshal,  in  double  the  amount  of  the 
B-\  highest  penalty  provided  by  ordinance  for  the  offence  alleged,  con- 
3*6.  *  ditioned  that  he  or  she  will  appear  upon  a  day  and  at  an  hour 
therein  named,  before  the  Mayor's  Court,  to  answer  for  the  offence 
of  which  he  or  she  is  accused  and  there  to  await  his  or  her  trial  and 
to  appear  from  time  to  time  until  the  case  is  finally  disposed  of,  and 
which  said  bond  shall  be  returned  to  the  Mayor  and  filed  among  the 
records  of  his  office. 

SEC.  7.     When  a  person  has  entered  into  a  bond  as  mentioned 

in  the  preceeding  section,  and  his  or  her  name  is  called  at  the  door 

of  the  court  room,  on  the  day   and  at  the  time  designated  in  the 

O.  26    bond,  or  at  any  time  during  the  day   after  said  designated  time, 

^         whenever  the  case  shall  be  reached  on  the  docket,  and   he  or  she 

shall  fail  to  appear,  a  forfeiture  of  said  bond  shall  be  taken. 

SEC.  8.  Bail  bonds  shall  be  forfeited  in  like  manner  as  the 
same  arc  forfeited  in  the  District  Court,  except  that  the  sciere  focias 
shall  be  made  returnable  on  the  first  Monday  in  the  month  follow- 


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ing  the  rendition  of  the  judgment  nisi  and  said  judgment  shall  be  Q'  £ 
made  final  unless  for  cause  shown  as  required  by  law  in  cases  of  \  8  , 
forfeiture  in  the  District  Court. 

SEC.  9.  That  any  person  who  may  b«  adjudged  to  pay  any 
fine  and  costs  for  a  violation  of  any  penal  ordinance  of  this  city, 
and  who  shall  fail  or  refuse  to  pay  the  same,  shall  be  committed 
to  work  on  the  streets  or  other  public  works  of  the  city,  and  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  Marshal  to  put  such  person  to  work  on  the 
streets  or  public  works  until  such  fine  and  costs  are  fully  paid,  sub-  \\m  A. 
ject,  however,  to  the  provisions  and  restrictions  contained  in  the  °-  26 
act  incorporating  this  city,  and  in  case  any  person  shall  fail  or 
refuse  to  work  as  aforesaid,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Marshal  to 
commit  said  person  to  the  calaboose  of  the  city,  where  he  or  she 
shall  be  fed  on  bread  and  water  until  he  or  she  shall  consent  to 
work  ;  provided  that  every  person  so  committed  to  work  shall  be  re- 
quired to  work  only  at  such  labor  as  his  or  her  health  will  permit, 
and  not  to  exceed  eight  hours  each  day. 

SEC.   10.     In  all  cases  where  a  defendant  is  acquitted,  the  in- 
formant or  prosecutor  may  be  adjudged  to  pay  the  costs  if  it  appear    Q.  26. 
to   the  Mayor  that '  the  prosecution  was  instituted  vexatiously  or     2  I0- 
without  probable  cause  ;  provided  the  informant  or  prosecutor  is  not 
an  officer  of  the  city. 

Approved  April  12,  1873. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  LXXXIX. 


An  Ordinance  authorizing  the  Mayor  to  I'emit  fines. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.     That  the  Mayor  shall  have  the  right,  in  his  dis-  J*',^ 
cretion,  to  remit  all  or  any  portion  of  any  fine  or  penalty  imposed     \  i- 
by  him. 

SEC.  2.     That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from    B.  A. 

O.  152. 
and  after  its  passage.  \  2. 

Passed  April  18,  1878. 


120  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  XC. 


An  Ordinance  establishing  the  office  of  Recorder  in  and  for  the  City  of  Fort  Worth . 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth : 

B-  A.  SECTION  1.     That  the  office  of  Recorder  for  the  City  of  Fort 

g~i.      Worth  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  established. 

SEC.  2.     The  Recorder  appointed  by  the  City  Council,  shall, 
before  entering  upon  the  discharge  of  the  duties  of  his  office,  execute 
O   270.  a  b°ncl  payable  to  the  City  of  Fort  Worth,  in  the  sum  of  five  hun- 
I  2-      dred  dollars,  with  security,  to  be  approved  by  the  Mayor,  condi- 
tioned that  he  will  faithfully  perform  all  the  duties  of  said  office. 

SEC.  3.  All  ordinances  regulating  proceedings  in  the  Mayor's 
Court  shall  apply  to  proceedings  in  the  Recorder's  Court  when  not 
in  conflict  with  the  laws  of  the  State. 

SEC.  4.     That  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force 
from  and  after  its  passage. 
Approved  May  2,  1882. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  XCI. 


An  Ordinance  granting  the  Right  of  Way  to  the  Rosedale  Street  Railway  Company 
over  and  upon  South  Main  Street  in  the  City  of  Fort  Worth. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth : 

SECTION  1.     That  in   consideration   of  the  stipulations   and 

agreements,  hereinafter  contained,  to  be  kept  and  performed  by  the 

Rosedale  Street  Railway  Company,  a  corporation  existing  under  and 

by  virtue  of  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Texas,  said  Rosedale  Street 

C»B  -S*   Railway  Company  is  hereby  granted  the  right  of  way  over,  along, 

\  i.     and  upon  the  streets  hereinafter  disignated,  for  the  purpose  of  laying 

the  track  of  a  street  railway  and  operating  the  same  thereon. 

SEC.  2.     Said  street  railway  shall  run  over  and  upon  the  fol- 
B.  B.    lowing  streets  in  the  following  manner,  beginning  at  Front  Street 
i§33.3    on  Main    Street,  and   thence   running   southward  on  South  Main 
Street  to  the  city  limits. 


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SEC.  3.     Said  corporation  shall  have  the  right  to  lay,  erect,    B 
construct  and  put  down  their  track  in  the  center  of  said  street,  to-    0. 323. 
gether  with  such  a  number  of  switches,  spurs,  turning  tables  and 
side  tracks  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  proper  and   advantageous 
conduct  of  the  said  Street  Railway  Line. 

SEC.  4.     Said  right  of  way  and  privileges  are  granted  upon    B.  B. 
the  following  conditions,  viz. : —  °23423' 

First. — That  said  corporation  shall  construct  and  have  in  oper- 
ation and  in  good  running  order  all  of  said  line  within  six  months 
from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance . 

Second. — That  said  corporation  shall  keep  in  good  repair  all 
street  crossings  along  the  line  of  their  track,  and  that  the  track  of 
said  railway  shall  be  laid  in  such  manner  as  not  to  obstruct  travel. 

Third. — That  said  corporation  shall  keep  level  with  the  grade  , 
of  the  streets  as  adopted  by  the  City  Council,  the  space  between 
their  tracks,  and  for  eighteen  inches  on  each  side  thereof  with  simi- 
lar material  to  that  with  which  the  balance  of  the  street  over  which 
it  passes  may  be  constructed,  and  shall  have  the  top  of  their  rails 
on  a  level  with  the  surface  of  said  streets. 

Fourth. — That  said  corporation  shall  at  all  times  be  subject  to 
the  police  ordinances  and  regulations  now  existing  or  which  may 
'be  adopted  by  the  City  Council  under  and  by  virtue  of  their  power 
and  authority  to  pass  ordinances  for  the  regulation  and  government 
of  streets  and  railways. 

SEC.  5.  That  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force 
from  and  after  its  passage. 

Passed  April  4,  1884. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  XCII. 


An  Ordinance  amendatory  of  an  ordinance  granting  the  Right  of  \Vay  to  the  Rose- 
dale  Street  Kailway  Company  over  and  upon  South  Main  Street  in  the  City  of 
Fort  Worth. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort    Worth: 

SECTION  1.     That  an  ordinance  entitled  An  Ordinance  grant-     H.  H. 
ing  the  Right  of  Way  to   the   Rosedale   Street   Railway    Company      ^  ' 


122  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 

over  and  upon  South  Main  Street  in  the  City  of  Fort  Worth,  and 

approved  on  the day  of 1884,  be,  and   the   same   is 

hereby  amended  in  so  far  that  §  2,  of  said  ordinance  shall  be  read  as 
follows  : 

Said  railway  shall  run  over  and  upon  the  following  streets,  in  the 
following  manner,  beginning  at  the  south  end  of  South  Main  Street 
running  thence  along  South  Main  Street  to  Anne  Street,  thence 
along  Anne  Street  to  Galveston  Avenue,  thence  along  Galveston 
Avenue  to  Broadway,  thence  along  Broadway  to  Jennings  Avenue, 
thence  along  Jennings  Avenue  to  Throckmorton  Street,  thence  along 
Throckmorton  Street  to  Fourth  Street,  thence  along  Fourth  Street 
to  Houston  Street,  thence  along  Houston  Street  to  Weatherford 
Street,  thence  along  Weatherford  Street  to  Pecan  Street,  thence 
along  Pecan  Street  to  Bluff  Street,  thence  along  Bluff  Street  to  Elm 
Street,  thence  along  Elm  Street  to  Samuel  Street,  thence  along 
Samuel  Street  to  the  terminus  of  said  street. 

And  that  sub-section  first  of  §  4  of  said  ordinance  shall  read 
as  follows ; — 

That  said  corporation  shall  construct  and  shall  have  in  good 
running  order,  all  that  portion  of  said  line  extending  from  the  south 
end  of  Main  Street  to  the  Public  Square,  within  six  months  from 
and  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  and  the  remaining  portion 
of  said  line  within  one  year  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  ordi- 
nance. 

B.  B.  SEC.  2.     Said  corporation  shall  lay  down,  maintain,  and  build 

°;|26*  from  Fourth  Street  on  Houston   Street  to  Weatherford  Street,  a 
tram  rail. 

SEC.  3.     Said  Company  shall  keep  and  maintain  said  track  in 
!B.  B.     safe  an(j  proper  condition  so  as  not  to  obstruct  travel,  and  shall  leave 
|  3. '    all  streets  that  said  track  may  traverse  in  as  good  condition  as  said 
streets  were  before  said  tracks  were  put  down  on  said  streets. 

SEC.  4.     This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 

B    B 

O.*326    and  after  its  passage. 
$  4-  Passed  May  8,  1884. 


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ORDINANCE  XCIII. 


An  Ordinance  amendatory  of  an  ordinance  granting  the  right  of  way  to  the  Rosedale 
Street  Railway  Company  over  and  upon  South  Main  Street  in  the  City  of  Fort 
Worth. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.  That  an  ordinance  entitled  An  Ordinance  grant- 
ing the  right  of  way  to  the  Rosedale  Street  Railway  Company  over 
and  upon  South  Main  street  in  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  and  ap- 
proved  day  of ,  1884,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby 

amended  in  so  far  that  said  company  shall  be  granted  the  right  to 
construct  their  line  of  street  railway  over  and  upon  Houston  street, 
from  Fourth  street  to  Ninth  street,  thence  along  Ninth  street  and 
Hyde  Park  to  Jenning's  avenue,  and  that  that  portion  of  said  ordi-  g,  p 
nance  granting  right  of  way  over  and  upon  Throckmorton  street  be  °-?332. 
and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed,  provided  that  all  of  said  railway 
track  shall  be  with  tram  or  Johnson  rail  from  Pecan  street  on 
Weatherford  street  to  Houston  street,  and  on  Houston  street  from 
Weatherford  street  to  Ninth  street,the  road  bed  and  eighteen  inches 
on  either  side  of  the  rail  shall  be  paved  with  Telford-McAdam,  and 
good  and  substantial  crossings  shall  be  made  on  all  cross  streets  not 
less  than  thirty  feet  wide,  and  at  a  grade  of  one  to  ten  ;  no  side 
track  shall  be  constructed  longer  than  one  hundred  and  seventy-five 
feet,  and  shall  cross  no  street. 

SEC.   2     This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from    B.  u 
and  after  its  passage.  ||^2' 

Passed  June  20,  1884. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  XCIV. 


An  Ordinance  granting  the  right  of  way  to  the  Rosedale  Street  Railway  Company 
over  and  upon  certain  streets  in  the  City  of  Fort  Worth. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth: 

SECTION  1.     That  in   consideration   of  the   stipulations  and 


124  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OP  FORT  WORTH. 

agreements  hereinafter  contained,  to  be  kept  and  performed  by  the 
Rosedale  Street  Railway   Company,  a  corporation  existing  under 
<£;  *^   and  by  virtue  of  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Texas,  the  said  Rosedale 
\  i      Street  Railway  Company  is  hereby  granted  the  right  of  way  over 
and  upon  the  streets  hereinafter  designated  for  the  purpose  of  con- 
structing a  street  railway  and  operating  the  same  thereon. 

SEC.  2.     That  said  street  railway  shall  run  over  and  upon  the 

B  B     following  streets  and  in  the  following  manner,  to-wit :     Beginning 

°-  333*  a*    Houston  street,  at  the  intersection  of  said  street  with  Ninth 

street,  thence  running  along  Houston  street  to  Fifteenth  street, 

thence  along  Fifteenth  street  to  the  Gulf,  Colorado  and  Santa  Fe 

Railway. 

SEC.  3.     Said  corporation  shall  have  the  right  to  lay,  erect, 
B.  B.    construct  and  put  down  their  track  in  the  center  of  said  streets,  to- 
•  333  gether  with  such  a   number  of  switches,  spurs,  turntables  and  side- 
tracks as  may  be  necessary  for  the  proper  and  advantageous  conduct 
of  said  street  railway. 

SEC.  4.     Said  right  of  way  and  privileges  are  granted  upon 
B.  B.    the  following  conditions,  to-wit  : 

°--  333-  First. — That  said  corporation  shall  construct  and  have  in  opera- 

tion all  that  portion  of  said  line  extending  from  the  intersection  of 
Houston  and  Ninth  streets  to  the  Gulf,  Colorado  and  Santa  Fe 
Railway  within  six  months  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  ordi- 
nance. 

Second. — That  said  corporation  shall  keep  in  good  repair  all 
street  crossings  along  the  line  of  their  track,  and  that  the  track  of 
said  railway  shall  be  laid  in  such  manner  as  not  to  obstruct  travel. 
Third. — That  said  corporation  shall  keep  level  with  the  grade, 
as  adopted  by  the  City  Council,  of  the  streets  over  which  their  rail 
passes,  the  space  between  their  [tracks  and  for  eighteen  inches  on 
each  side  thereof  shall  be  paved  with  the  Telford-McAdam  and  shall 
have  the^top  of  their  rails  on  a  level  with  the  surface  of  said  streets. 
Fourth. — That  said  corporation  shall  at  all  times  be  subject  to 
the  police  ordinances  and  regulations  now  existing  and  which  may 
be  adopted  by  the  City  Counci)  under  and  by  virtue  of  their  power 
and  authority  to  pass  ordinances  for  the  regulation  and  government 
of  street  railways. 

O*"™  SEC.  5.     That  all  of  said  railway  track  shall  be  laid  with  the 

$  5      tram  or  Johnson  rail  from  Ninth,  on  Houston,  street  to  Fifteenth 


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street  and  on  Fifteenth  street  to  the  Gulf,  Colorado  and  Santa  Fe 
Railway. 

SEC.  6.     That  good  and  substantial  crossings  shall  be  made  on  OB\15; 
all  cross  streets  not  less  than  thirty  feet  wide  and  at  a  grade  of  one     \  6  J 
to  ten.     No  side  track  shall  be  constructed  longer  than  one  hundred 
and  seventy-five  feet,  and  shall  not  cross  any  street.  * 

SEC.  7.     That  the  report  of  the  committee  on  streets,  alleys    a  ^3 
and  side-walks,  filed  June  the  20th,  1884,  be  made  a  part  of  this      2  7' 
ordinance. 

SEC.  8.     That  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect  from  and  after    &•  B; 
its  passage.  \  g  J' 

Passed  June  20, 1884. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  XCV. 


An  Ordinance  relating  to  the  gathering  up  and  burning  of  combustible  material 
near  buildings. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.     That  all  persons  owning  or   occupying   houses 
within  this  city,  either  already  built  or  in  process  of  erection,  are    j>.  A. 
hereby  required  to  remove  or  take  to  a  safe  distance  and  burn,  all    O-  28- 
shavings,  rags,  paper  or  other  combustible  matter  in  and  around 
such  house. 

SEC.  2.     Any  person  failing  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of 
this  ordinance,  after  notification  by  the  City  Marshal  to  remove  or 
burn    said    combustible  matter  as     above    specified,   shall,    upon    B.  A 
conviction,  be  fined  not  less  than  one  nor  more  than  ten  dollars,  and     §.  2. 
shall  be  subject  to  a  like  fine  for  each  and  every  day  he  permits  said 
combustible  matter  to  remain  after  notification  as  above  specified. 

SEC.  8.     That  this  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  and  take  effect    13.  A. 
from  and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law.  ^  | 

Approved  April  12,  1873. 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  XCVI. 


An  Ordinance  compelling  persons  to  keep  filth,  rubbish,  etc.,  from  the  streets,  gut- 
ters ar.d  sidewalks. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the   City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort   Worth  : 

SECTION  1.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  allow  any 

weeds,  filth  or  any  kind  of  rubbish   to   remain  on  the  sidewalks,  in 

B.  A.    the  gutters  and  in  the  streets,  to  the  center  of  the  same,  in  front  of 

g  L      the  premises  occupied  by  them,  and  any  person  who  fails  to  comply 

with  this  ordinance,  shall  »be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and 

fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  twenty -five  dollars. 

OB327  ^EC*   ^*     That  this  ordinance  take  eifect  from  and  after  it 

I  2.     publication. 

Passed  May  20,  1884. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  XCVII. 


An  Ordinance  relating  to  the  closing  of  all  Saloons,  Drinking  Houses,  Bar-rooms, 
Beer  Saloons,  and  all  places  or  establishments  where  intoxicating  or  fermented 
liquors  are  sold  on  Sundays,  and  prescribing  the  hours  of  closing  them. 

Be  it  orddined  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.     That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  keeper  of  any 
drinking  house,  saloon,  beer  room  or  beer  saloon  and  all  places  or 
B.  A.    establishments  where  intoxicating  or  fermented  liquors  are  sold  or 
CYI97V  kept  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth,  to  open 
such  establishment,  or  permit  the  same  to  be  opened  on  Sunday  be- 
tween the  hours  of  twelve  o'clock  Saturday  night  and  twelve  o'clock 
on  Sunday  night  or  to  exhibit  the  same  to  public  view. 

SEC.  2.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  the  keepers  or  proprietors  of 

any  establishment  mentioned  in  the  first  section  of  this  ordinance  to 

allow  any  billiard  playing  and  games  of  any  kind  within  their  estab- 

Q  •  jA'    lishment  or   any   disturbance   of  any  kind,  either   of  music,  loud 

\  2.     talking,  or  any  disturbance  whatever  on  Sunday  between  the  hours 

of  twelve  o'clock  Saturday  night  and  twelve  o'clock  Sunday  night. 


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SEC.  3.     Any  person  violating  the  first  and  second  sections  of    B-  A- 
this  ordinance,  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a   °$l$7 
misdemeanor,  and  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor 
more  than  twenty-five  dollars. 

SEC.  4.     That  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force    B.  A. 
from  and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law.  0. 197. 

Approved  July  2,  1879. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  XCVIII. 


An  Ordinance  establishing  the  office  of  City  Scavenger,  and  defining  the  duties  of 
the  same. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.  That  the  office  of  City  Scavenger  be  and  the  B-A- 
same  is  hereby  established,  which  gaid  office  shall  be  filled  by  ap-  'f? 
pointment  by  the  City  Council. 

SEC.  2.     The  City  Scavenger  shall  before  entering  upon  the 
duties  of  his  office,  file  in  the  office  of  the  City  Secretary  a  good    B.  A. 
and  sufficient  bond,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Mayor,  in  the      «  |31 
sum  of  two  hundred  and  fifty    dollars,    payable   to    the    City    of 
Fort  Worth,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties 
of  said  office. 

SEC.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Scavenger  to  haul 
off  all  filth,  garbage,  dead  animals,  rubbish  and  offensive  matter 
when  so  directed  by  the  City  Marshal,  Deputy  Marshal,  police- 
man and  members  of  the  Board  of  Health  from  any  street,  alley, 
public  ground  or  private  premises,  where  the  city  under  the  0/231. 
ordinance  defining  nuisance  would  be  required  to  remove  the 
same,  and  that  the  City  Scavenger  shall  carry  said  matter  to 
some  place  designated  by  the  City  Council  for  the  depositing  of 
said  matter,  and  then  so  bury  or  inter  the  same  that  it  shall 
not  be  offensive  to  persons  passing  the  said  burial  grounds.  It 
shall  also  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Scavenger  to  keep  the  privy 
of  the  calaboose  in  a  clean  condition. 

SEC.  4.     That  should  the  City  Scavenger  fail  or  neglect  to 
perform    any    of  the    duties    set   forth   in  §  3  of  this  ordinance 


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he  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  convic- 
tion thereof,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  nor 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

SEC.  5.     The  office  of  City  Scavenger   shall    be    filled    and 
0.281.    the  salary  of    the  same  fixed  by  resolution  of  the  City    Council 
2  5-     in  whatever  manner  they  may  determine. 

B  A  SEC.  6.     This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  its 

O.  231.  publication  as  required  by  law. 
Approved  April  26.  1880. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  XCIX. 


An  Ordinance  regulating  and  requiring  a  Lighten  vehicles  of  Scavengers. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth : 

SECTION  1.     If  any  person  engaged  in  the  business  of  haul- 
ing privy  filth  and  substances  of  like    offensive    character,    dead 
B.  B.     animals,  fish  or  fowls,  shall  fail  to  keep  and  carry  on  his  vehicle 
gif4   in  a  conspicuous  place  a   light    at   all    hours    during    the    nig*ht 
while  engaged  in  said  business  and  using    said    vehicle,  he  shall 
be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon    conviction,    shall 
be  fined  in    any    sum    not   less    than    ten    nor    more   than    fifty 
dollars. 

T>       -ry 

O  324.  SEC.  2.     This  ordinance  shall  not  be  so  construed  as  to  re- 

2 2      peal  any  other  ordinance  or  part  thereof  defining    the    duties  of 
Scavenger,  and  not  in  conflict  with  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  3.     That  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect  from  and  after 

r>.    ±>. 

O.  324    its  publication. 
§  3*  Passed  April  17, 1884, 


ORDINANCE  OF  THE  CITY    OP  FORT  WORTH. 


18ft 


ORDINANCE  NO.  C. 


ife  fc'tf  ordained  ly  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

SECTION  1.    That  the  Mayor  of  said  city  be,  and  he  is  hereby 
authorized  and  required,  as  soon  after  the  passage  of  this  Ordi-  Q  192* 
nance  as  practicable,  to  order  an  election  in  accordance  with  the     §  1.  * 
laws  of  the  State  of  Texas  and  submit  to  the  vote  of  the  pro- 
perty tax  payers  of  said  city  the  question,  t;  Whether  a  tax  for 
Public  School  purposes  shall  be  levied  and  collected  from  the 
inhabitants  of  said  city."  B.  A. 

SEC.  2.    That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  May  8, 1879. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CI. 


An  Ordinance  to  establish  and  provide  for  the  support  and  malntalnance  of  an  efficient 
system  of  Graded  City  Free  Schools  in  the  city  of  Fort  Worth. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

SECTION  1.  That  a  system  of  Municipal  Public  Free  Schools  B.  A. 
consisting  of  Primary  Schools  in  each  ward,  with  a  Grammar  O.-37. 
and  High  School  near  the  center  of  the  cit}T,  shall  be  established. 

SEC.  2.    It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  else-  B    A 
where  provided  for,  to  frame  such  rules  and  regulations  in  con-  O.237. 
junction  with  the  public  school  laws  of  the  State  as  will  be  suit-    §  2- 
able  for  carrying  into  operation  the  most,  efficient  system  of 
Public   Graded  Schools,  and  the  board  shall  have  the  whole 
under  their  direct  control  and  supervision. 

SEC.  3.  The  superintendent,  hereinafter  provided  for,  shall 
permit  no  pupil  under  the  grade  of  primary  schools  to  be  admit- 
ted  into  the  Grammar  and  High  Schools.  He  shall  Deport  from 
time  to  time  to  the  Board  of  Trustees,  as  they  may  direct,  and 


130  OKD1EAKCE  OF  TEE  CITY  OF  FORT  WOJiTB. 

make  an  annual  written  report  to  the  Board,  at  the  close  of  the 
free  school  term,  of  the  condition  ot  the  public  free  schools 
throughout  the  city  for  the  inspection  ot  the  city  council. 
B.  A.          SKC.  4.    All  children,  within  the  ages  of  seven  to  eighteen 
*o*2g7'  years,  shall  be  entitled  to  the  benefit  of  the  available  free  school 
fund. 

SEC.  5.    Pupils  of  scholastic  age,  and  from  other  counties, 
.  may  attend  the  city  free  schools  upon  payment  of  such  tuition 
fees  as  may  be  agreed  upon  between  the  teacher  and  parents  or 
guardian  ot  such  children.    Pupils  of  scholastic  age  residing  out 
B    A.  °*  the  c^v  limits,  attending  the  city  free  schools,  shall  be  entitled 
O.237.  to  tuition  free  as  long  as  the  State  fund  will  pay  the  tuition, 
g  13.  pupiis  Of  Grammar  and  High  Schools  desirous  of  studying  any 
of  the  sciences  not  embraced  in  article the  dead  and  mod- 
ern languages,  music  and  ornamental  branches,  shall  pay  such 
tuition'as  may  be  agreed  upon  between  parents  and  guardians 
and  teachers,  but  the  Board  of  Trustees  shall  not  enter  into  any 
contract,  or  permit  any  contract,  whereby  the  interest  of  pupils 
may  be  subordinated  to  the  interest  of  private  pupils. 

SEC.  6.    The  Primary  Ward  Schools  shall  be  graded  to  admit 

only  pupils  studying  orthography,  reading,  writing,  elementary 

0*9^"  -^n»^s^  grammar,  elementary  geography,  written  arithmetic  for 

2  15]  beginners  and  mental  arithmetic.    Pupils  passing  a  satisfactory 

examination  on  the  above  branches  shall  attend  the  Grammar 

and  High  Schools. 

Approved  July  7, 1880. 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  GIL 


An  Ordinance  providing  for  the  malntelnanse  and  regulation  of  the  system  of  Public 
Free  Schools  In  tlie  city  of  Fort  Worth. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

SECTION  1.    That  all  money  which  may  come  to  the  city   B    ^ 
treasury  from  the  State  school  fund,  or  from  any  other  source  o*2Mi 
for  school  purposes,  shall  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  specially     §  *• 
set  apart  as  a  separate  fund  for  the  use  and  benefit  of  the  public 
free  schools  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth. 

SEC,  2.    The  public  free  schools  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth 
shall  be  a  system  ot  graded  schools  comprising  primary  schools   ^'244* 
and  grammar  schools  and  higher  English  studies  if  thought  ex-     g  2. 
pedient  by  the  Municipal  Board  of  Trustees. 

SEC.  3.    The  primary  schools  shall  be  divided  into  three    B.  A. 
grades,  known  as  the  first,  second  and  third  grades,  and  each   Ho 
shall  occupy  a  period  of  one  scholastic  year. 

SEC.  4.  The  grammar  schools  shall  be  divided  into  two  B.  A. 
grades,  known  as  the  fourth  and  fifth  grades,  and  shall  each  O.244. 
occupy  a  period  of  one  scholastic  year. 

SEC.  5.  Separate  schools  shall  be  established  for  the  white  B.  A. 
and  colored^children.  95 

SEC.  6.  The  public  schools  of  the  city  ot  Fort  Worth  shall  B.  A. 
consist  of  a  primary  and  grammar  school  in  each  ward.  O.244. 

SEC.  7.    Any  pupil  not  of  scholastic  age,  who  will  persue 
branches  included  in  the  instructions,  maybe  admitted  upon  the 
payment  of  one  dollar  and  a  half  per  month.     Said  sum  to  be   B    ^ 
paid  to  the  treasurer  in  advance,  who  shall  give  his  receipt  for  Q.244. 
the  same  and  credit  it  to  the  school  fund.    Provided,  that  no     §  8. 
such  pupil  shall  be  received  into  any  public  free  school  to  the 
detriment  of  the  free  school  pupils. 


ORD1KAKCE  OF  TEE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTB. 


SEC.  8.    Any  pupil  who  will  persue  branches  beyond  those 

O  944*  ^nc^u^e(^  i°  the  course  of  instruction  may  bo  admitted  upon  the 

§^9.     payment  of  such  an  amount  as  may  be  agreed  upon  between 

teacher  and  patron;  one  dollar  and  a  half  per  month  of  said 

sum  to  be  paid  into  the  city  treasury  in  advance  and  to  go  to  the 

city  school  fund,  the  surplus  to  be  paid  to  the  teacher  of  the 

grade. 

SEC.  9.    Scholastic  pupils  will  be  permitted  to  enter  any  ot 
0*944*  the  ward  schools  of  the  city  of  their  grade  but  will  not  be  per- 
gTlo!   niitted  to  change  to  another  ward  school  for  that  scholastic  year 
without  the  consent  of  the  superintendent. 

SEC.  10.     Scholastic  pupils  residing  beyond  the  corporate 

0*244    ^m^s  mav5  according  to  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Texas,  obtain  a 

§  11.'   transfer  from  the  county  judge,  and  may  attend  any  of  the  city 

ward  schools  for  vsuch  a  length  of  time  as  their  pro  rata  will  pay 

for  tuition  in  the  same,  after  which  they  may  attend  upon  the 

conditions  prescribed  in  Section  7. 

O*244*          ^EC'  ^*    PUP^S  Beyond  the  scholastic  age,  residing  beyond 
§  12!   the  corporate  limits,  may  be  admitted  upon  the  conditions  stated 
in  Sections  7  and  8. 

0*944*  SEC..  12.    The  superintendent  shall  see  that  no  one  is  ad- 

§  13.   mitted  in  the  schools  except  those  qualified  as  above. 

SEC.  13.    The  public  schools  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth  shall 

commence  on  the  first  Monday  in  September  each  year,  and 

O  244*    snaM  continue  forty  weeks.    Provided,  that  if  the  school  fund  is 

§  14.   not  sufficient  to  continue  the  same  for  such  length  of  time,  then 

said  schools  shall  continue  as  long  as  there  may  be  funds  to  sus- 

tain the  same.    The  scholastic  year  shall  be  divided  into  two 

terms  of  twenty  weeks  each. 

SEC.  14.    The  public  schools  of  the  city  shall  be  closed  on 
O  244*   eveiT  Saturday  and  Sunday,  Christmas  week  and  New  Year's 
§  15.   day,  on  National  and  State  thanks  giving  days  and  on  every 
national  and  State  holiday- 

.p  SEC.  15.    The  Board  of  Trustees  shall  elect,  subject  to  the 

O.244!   approval  of  the  city  council,  a  superintendent,  who  shall  super- 

§  17.   vise  all  the  public  schools  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth,  who  shall 

also  act  as  principal  of  one  of  the  ward  schools  and  whose  terms 

of  office  shall  commence  on  the  first  of  September  arid  continue 

for  one  year. 


ORDINANCE  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH.  fc 

SEC.  16.    It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  in 
conjunction  with  the  superintendent  of  the  public  free  schools,  ?*9^* 
to  examine  applicants  for  appointments  as  teachers  under  such    •$*  "j^* 
regulations  as  they  themselves  may  establish,  and  they  shall 
report  the  names  of  those  selected  as  teachers  to  the  city  coun- 
cil for  approval. 

SEC.  17.    All  pupils  residing  within  the  corporate  limits  of 
the  city,  within  the  scholastic  age,  shall  be  entitled  .to  tuit-ion  B.  A, 
free  in  the  following  branches,  to-wit:     Orthography,  reading,  ^fq' 
writing,  English  grammar,  composition,  geography,  arithmetic 
and  such  other  English  branches  as  the  Board  of  Trustees  may 
direct. 

SEC.  18.  That  the  Board  of  Trustees  shall  prescribe  the  B  A 
grade  of  the  public  free  schools  and  the  text  books  to  be  used,  (X244. 
and  submit  the  same  to  the  city  council  for  approval.  §  20. 

SEC.  19.  The  superintendent  shall  devote  himself  exclu- 
sively to  teaching  and  supervision.  He  shall  visit  all  the  schools 
every  two  weeks  and  as  much  oftener  as  his  duties  will  permit, 
and  shall  pay  particular  attention  to  the  classification  and  gra- 
ding of  the  pupils  in  the  several  schools  and  to  the  apportion- 
ment among  the  several  classes  of  the  prescribed  studies.  In  0*244* 
passing  from  school  to  school  he  shall  endeavor  to  transfer  im-  g  2li 
provements  and  remedy  defects.  Ho  shall  carefully  observe  the 
teaching  and  discipline  of  the  teachers  employed  in  the  public 
schools,  and  shall  report  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  whenever  he 
shall  find  any  teacher  deficient  or  incompetent  in  the  discharge 
of  his  or  her  duties.  The  superintendent  shall  also  hold  a  teach- 
ers institnte  at  least  once  a  month,  and  as  much  ofteners  as 
practicable. 

SEC.  20.    The  salaries  of  the  superintendent  and  teachers  of  I>.  A. 
public  schools  shall  be  fixed  by  the  Board  of  Trustees,  subject  ^'^|* 
to  approval  by  the  city  council.     Provided,  that  for  the  teachers 
the  same  shall  not  exceed  that  fixed  by  the  laws  of  the  State 

SEC.  21.    The  teachers'  salary  roll  shall  be  made  out- every  ^    ^ 
four  weeks  by  the  superintendent,  and  the  account,  alter  fjp-*  O.244. 
proval  by  the  Board  of  Trustees,  shall  be  paid  by  the  city  tre  o-     %  23, 
urer  out  of  the  school  fund   upon  the  draft  ot  the  Board  of 
Trustees,  signed  by  the  chairman  and  countersigned  by  the  sec- 
retary of  said  school  board.  / 


13*  ORDINANCE  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 

SEC,  22.    The  Board  of  Trustees  may  discharge  the  super- 
intendent or  any  public  free  school  teacher  by  resolution  declaring 
£v5*  their*  want  of  confidence  in  such  superintendent  or  teacher,  or 
§  24.'  whenever  they  may  be  satisfied  that  a  necessity  does  not  exist 
for  the  further  employment  of  such  teacher. 

SED.  23.  That  there  shall  be  one  teacher  appointed  by  the 
B6ard  of  Trustees  in  each  public  school  building  who  shall  be 
principal  of  all  the  grades  taught  in  said  building  and  shall  hold 
B.  A:,  said  office  for  one  year,  and  shall  have  charge  and  control  of  all 
O.244J  the  grades  taught  in  said  building,  subject,  however,  to  the  in- 
struction of  the  superintendent.  The  said  principal  shall  report 
to  the  superintendent  the  conduct  and  discipline  of  the  teachers 
and  pupils  in  said  school,  and  said  principal  shall  see  that  the 
instrnctions  and  regulations  of  the  superintendent  shall  be  con- 
formed to.  But  said  principal  shall  receive  no  additional  pay 
for.said  service, 

SEC.  24.    That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  ia  force 
O.244.  from  and'after  its  passage. 
§•  26.-          Approved  December  14,  1880. 


ORDINANCE  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH.  135 


ORDINANCE  NO.  GUI. 


An  Ordinance  to  authorize  the  cm  crvrrli  of  tl  e  ( Itj  of  Ten  T\  (ill  tc  s\  iclrt  a  Tea 
or  School  Trustees  and  fixing  their  duties. 

Be  it  ordained  ~by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort"  Worth': 

SECTION  1,    That  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth 
shall  appoint  six  persons,  of  good  moral  character  and  qualified  Q'3(^' 
voters  ol  such  city,  as  a  Board  of  Trustees  to  act  for  the  ^Public    -j  i,' 
Free  Schools  of  said  city,  of  which  board  the  mayor  fehall  be  ex- 
officio  chairman. 

SID.  2.  Said  Board  of  Trustees  shall  adopt  such  rules,  reg-  B.  B. 
illations  and  by-laws  for  their  own  government  as  they  may  Q'^F* 
deem  proper. 

Ssc.  3,  Said  Board  of  Trustees  shall  elect  a  superintendent  jjt  j^ 
of  Public  Free  Schools,  whose  duties  ar«  prescribed  in  Ordinance  O.307. 

No. .    Said  election  to  take  place  any  time  v  within  two    8  ^ 

months  prior  to  the  first  of  September  of  each  year,;  and  his  or 
her  term  of  office  shall  be  for  one  year  beginning  with 'the  first 
of  September  ol  each  year  and  continuing  until  his  otf  her  succes- 
sor shall  be  qualified;  and  the  election  of  said  superintendent 
shall  always,  before  he  begins  his  duties,  be  subject  to  the  ap- 
proval of  the  city  council. 

SBC.  4.    The  teachers  shall  be  selected  by  the  Board  of 
Trustees,  subject,  however,  to  the  approval  of  the  City  Council,  0*307*. 
and  their  salaries  shall  be  fixed  by  said  trustees,  subject  to  the    §  4. 
approval  of  the  City  Council. 

SEC.  5.  That  a  necessity  existing  for  this  ordinance  the  J*'3(^ 
same  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  its  passage,  g*  5^  * 

Passed  July  21, 1883. 


13*.  ORDINANCE  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CIV. 


Aa •  Ordinance  prescribing  the  powers,  duties  and  qualifications,  etc.,    of  tlie  Board  of 
Trust  tees. 

JBe-it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

_  SEQTION  1,     That  the    trustees    appointed  for  the  public 

O30&  schools  of  the  city  shall  serve  without  compensation,  and  shall 
'i  2.  hold  office  for  the  term  of  three  years,  or  until  their  successors 
are  qualified;  and  an  appointment  to  fill  a  vacancy  shall  be  for 
the  unexpired  term  only.  But  the  term  of  two  of  the  trus- 
tees first  appointed,  under  this  and  the  foregoing  ordinance,  shall 
expire  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  April.  A.  D,  1884,  and  two  on  the 
first  Tuesday  in  April  of  each  succeeding  year,  and  the  term  for 
which  each  shall  hold  his  office  shall  be  determined  at  the  first 
regular  meeting  of  said  board  by  lot. 

SEC.  2.    Before  any  trustee  enters  upon  the  discharge  of  the 

B.   B,  duties  of  his  office  he  shall  "swear  that  he  will  faithfully  and  im- 

(l'^o8'  partially  discharge  the  duties  of  such  office,  and  that  he,  before 

his  election  to  the  office  of  trustee,  was  not  pledged  to  vote  for 

any  particular  person  for  superintendent  of  schools. 

13.   B.          SEC.  3.    The  Public  Free  Schools  pf  this  city  shall  be  under 

O.308.  the  cdntvoland  supervision  of  the1  JBo.ird  of  Trustees,  and  said 

$  &•     board  shall  have  power  to  control,  manage  and  govern  the  same. 

13.   B.       SEC.  4.    That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 

O.408.   and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  July  31,  1883: 


7'.. 

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ORDINANCE  NO.  CV. 


An  Ordinance  entitled  An  Ordinance  to  provide  lor  the  disbursement  of  tlie  School  Fund 
of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

SECTION  1.    That  the  city  treasurer  shall  place  to  the  credit 
of  the  Board  of  School  Trustees  all  school  funds  now  in  his  hands  or  53.   j>t 
hereafter  paid  over  to  hitn,»and  that  he  shall  pay  out  and  disburse  O.311. 
the  same  on  the  order  of  the  Board  of  School  Trustees,  signed  by     $  lm 
the  chairman  and  countersigned  by  the  secretary  of  said  school 
board.    Provided,  the  said  Board  of  Trustees  shall  draw  no  war- 
rant  except  on  accounts  as  they  become  due.  O*.31l! 

SEC,  2.    That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from     §  2. 
and  after  its  passage. 

Passed  October  2, 1883. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CVI. 


An  Ordinance  authorizing  the  issuance  of  City  Scrip  and  regulating  the  same. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth'. 

SECTION  1.    That  hereafter  when  an  account  shall  be  al-  jj.  A. 
lowed  by  the  City  Council  said  account  shall  be  numbered,  filed  O,  37. 
and  the  date  of  the  allowance  endorsed  thereon  by  the  secretary, 
and  entries  of  the  same,  together  with  the  amount  thereof,  made 
in  a  book  to  be  kept  by  the  secretary  for  that  purpose. 

SEC.  2.  That  in  all  scrip  hereafter  issued  by  the  city  secre-  **•  ^ 
tary,  by  order  of  the  City  Council,  the  said  scrip  shall  state  on  g"  i. ' 
the  faee  of  the  same  for  what  purpose  and  to  satisfy  what  claim 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 


against  the  city  the  same  is  issued,  and  at  what  meeting  of  the 
council  the  said  scrip  was  authorized  to  be  issued. 

SEC.  3.    That  the  secretary  shall,  on  the  request  of  the  own- 

is.  A.  er  of  any  account,  issue  warrants  upon  the  city  treasurer  to  the 

(\'  ?^'  lull  amount  of  such  account,  numbering  said  warrants  in  the 

order  that  they  issue  in  sums  of  not  less  than  One  Dollar,  unless 

the  whole  account  be  a  less  sum  than  one  dollar. 

SEC.  4.    That  said  warrants  shall  be  signed  by  the  mayor 

j,    ^     and  shall  be  countersigned  by  the  secretary,  and  shall  issue  uu- 

•-().  37.  der  the  corporate  seal,  and  shall  bo  payable  in  the  order  in 

f  3-     which  they  are  numbered  by  the  City  Treasurer  upon  presenta- 

tion thereof,  except  as  is  provided  in  Section  5. 

SEC.'  5.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  treasurer  of  said 
city  to  pay  off  and  discharge  the  city  warrants  first  due,  and 
when  he  has  sufficient  to  pay  off  and  discharge  the  number  so 
first  due,  he  shall  post  notice  in  three  public  places  in  said  city 
r\'  r^o*  t°  that  effect,  and  after  ten  days  notice  from  such  posting  if  said 
"g  i/  number  shall  not  be  presented,  then  he  shall  in  like  manner 
publish  the  next  number  due,  and  continue  in  like  manner  until 
a  payment  be  made  of  a  seriatim  number,  and  then  shall  go 
back  and  take  up  the  first  number  which  shall  then  recover  its 
precedence.  Provided,  that  this  seccion  shall  not  apply  to  the 
payment  of  officers'  salaries  out  of  the  special  fund  for  that 
purpose. 

li.  A.          SEC.  6.    This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
^   37.  and  after  its  passage. 
%  5-  Approved  May  27,  1873. 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH.  189 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CVII. 


An  Ordinance  authorizing  the  Mayor  and  City  Secretary  to  give  notes  of  the  city  lor  tne 
purpose  of  funding  the  floating  debt  incurred  lor  Improvements  done  on  tae  streets 
ana  alleys  prior  to  April  1st,  A.  D.  18S4. 

WHEREAS,  Many  parties  have  done  work  for  the  city  of  Fort 
Worth  upon  the  streets  and  alleys  ot  said  city  prior  to  the  1st 
day  of  April.  A.  D.  1884,  which  said  work  was  to  be  paid  for  in 
cash  out  of  a  fund  created  for  that  purpose,  and  which  payments 
would  have  been  made  to  said  parties  if  it  had  -not  been  that 
money  was  borrowed  from  said  fund  for  other  purposes.  There- 
fore, 

•  •   > 

Be  it  ordained  fy/  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

SECTION  1.  The  mayor  and  city  Treasurer  of  said  city  are 
hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  issue  evidences  of  in- 
debtedness to  said  parties  in  writing;  said  instruments  ot  wri- 
ting shall  be  delivered  to  the  parties  who  hold  the  claims  above 
mentioned,  and  shall  be  made  to  read  in  substance  as  follows : 
On  or  by  the  15th  day  of  March.  A.  D.  1885,  the  City  of  Fort  B  B 

Worth  promises  to  pay  to or  bearer  the  sum  of dollars,  0.346! 

for  work  done  on  the  streets  and  alleys  ot  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  §  1. 
with  interest  at  the  rate  of  seven  (7)  per  cent,  per  annum  from 
date  thereof.  Said  city  here  reserves  the  right  to,  at  any  time, 
prior  to  the  first  day  oi  January,  pay  off  said  amount  with  in- 
terest accrued  to  the  time  of  payment  either  in  lawful  currency 
of  the  United  States  or  in  bonds  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth,  at 
the  option  of  said  city. 

SEC.  2.    That  this  ordinance  take  effect  from  and  after  its  J*.   B. 
passage.  ,'  2  ' 

Passed  August  11, 1884. 


140  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WOXTB. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CVIII. 


An  Ordinance  relating  to  the  duties  of  the  office  of  Secretary  of  the  City  of  Fort  Wojtn. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

B    A.          SECTION  1.    That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  secretary  of  said 

ol  54.  c^y  that  whenever  any  funds  of  the  city  shall  come  into  his 

§  1.     hands,  asan  officer  of  said  city,  that  he  shall  pay  over  to  the 

treasurer  thereof  in  kind  received, 

O  54  ^EC*  ^*    ^at  ^s  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 

I  2.  *  ana*  after  its  passage 

Passed  May  12, 1874. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CIX. 


An  Ordinance  creating  tne  office  of  City  Assistant  Secretary. 

Be  it  ordained  ly  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

T>          » 

Q"  67%          SECTION  1.    That  the  office  of  Assistant  Secretary  of  this  city 
§  1.    is  hereby  created  and  established. 

B.  A.  SEC.  2,    That  said  office  shall  be  filled  by  a  majority  vote  of 

O.  67.    all  the  aldermen.    They  selecting  said  assistant  secretara  from 
^  ^     suitable  persons,  citizens  of  said  city. 

SEC.  3.    That  the  powers,  duties,  salary  and  fees  of  said  as- 

B     .     sistant  secretary  shall  be  the  same  as  is  now  prescribed  and 

O*  67!  authorized  by  law  and  by  the  charter  of  this  city  lor  the  office 

§  3.     of  secretary.    Provided,  that  said  assistant  secretary  shall  only 

receive  salary,  and  fees  during  the  absence  of  the  secretary,  or 

the  office  of  secretary  trom  any  cause  vacant,  and  then  in  both 

cases  in  lieu  of  the  secretary. 

Q-  £f          SEC.  4.    That  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force 
|  4. "  from  and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  January  20,  1875. 


OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH.  141 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CX. 


An  Ordinance  to  prevent  the  encumbering,  filling  up  or  Injuring  In  any  manner  of  Drains 
or  Sewers  In  the  City  of  Fort  Wortli. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  CouHcil  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.    That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  per- 
sons  to  encumber,  fill  up  or  injure  in  any  manner  any  drain  or  o!203. 
sewer  upon  any  street,  alley  or  public  thoroughfare  in  the  city    f  1, 
of  Fort  Worth  with  any  substance  or  material  whatever. 

SEC.  2.    That  any  person  or  persons  violating  the  provisions 
of  this  ordinance  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  B-  A- 
upon  convistion  thereof  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  more  than     «'  %  ' 
fifty  dollars. 

SEC.  3.    That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  Q  203* 
and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law,  f  3. 

Approved  August  6, 1879. 


OKDINANCE  NO.  CXI. 

An  Ordinance  to  provide  for  sewerage  and  surveying  of  the  City  of  Fort  Wortli. 
Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth : 

WHEREAS,  It  is  necessary  to  commence  a  system  of  internal 
improvements  in  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  and  inaugurate  a  sys- 
tem of  sewerage  and  street  improvements,  etc.,  in  order  to  police 
the  city  and  protect  the  inhabitants,  and  for  other  purposes,  and 
it,  therefore,  becomes  necessary  that  proper  measures  be  now 
taken  by  the  City  Council  of  Fort  Worth  to  carry  out  such 


142  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WOKTB. 

measures  as  may  be  deemed  most  advantageous  and  beneficial 
to  said  city.    Therefore, 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth'. 

B.  A.  SECTION  1.    That  the  mayor  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth  be 

O.275.  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  have  a  typographical  survey  and 
2  *•     map  made  of  this  city  for  the  purpose  of  adopting  a  system  of 
drainage  and  sewerage  for  the  city. 

SEC.  2.    That  in  order  to  provide  for  the  necessary  means, 

and  to  astertain  the  limit  of  expense  that  may  be  incurred  in 

making  such  improvements,  the  mayor  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth 

O  275^  *s  nere^y  authorized  to  make  the  necessary  arrangements  and 

§  2.     appoint  suitable  persons  for  taking  a  complete  census  of  all  the 

inhabitants  of  this  city. 

B.  A.       SEC.  3.    This  ordinance  to  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
^  3  *   after  its  passage. 

Passed  June  8, 1882. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CXII. 


An  Ordinance  relating  to  the  protection  of  the  Public  Se  wers  and  the  making  of  connec- 
tions with  the  same. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

()  306  SECTION  1.    It  shall  be  a  misdemeanor  to  do,  or  cause  to  be 

g  i.  *  done  any  of  the  following  acts  except  as  herein  provided,  and 
any  and  all  persons  guilty  thereof  shall  be  fined  not  more  than 
fifty  dollars. 

Sub-Sec.  1.    To  uncover  the  public  sewers  for  any  purpose  or 
B.  B.          make  connections  therewith  or  uncover  the  public  connec- 
?"^h*8          tions  or  branches  thereof,  unless  and  except  by  the  consent 
L  and  under  the  supervision  of  the  city  engineer  or  his  duly 

authorized  agent,  or  agents,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  in- 
sure fall  compliance  with  this  ordinance  in  relation  to  con- 
nections ;  and  failure  of  duty  in  this  respect  shall  subject 
such  engineer  or  agents  to  all  the  penalties  of  this  ordinance. 
Sub-Sec.  2.  To  make,  or  cause  to  be  made,  any  such  connection, 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY    OF  FORT  WORTH.  143 

except  as  above  provided,  and  by  a  competent  and  skillful 
mechanic  or  mechanics,  acting  as  the  agents  and  employes 
of  individuals  or  firms  who  have  been  duly  appointed  by  the 
city  council  after  making  a  satisfactory  bond  ot  $1500;  such  B 
bond  being  held  as  indemnity  against  damages  to  the  public   o  342. 
sewers  which  may  result  from  the  carelessness  or  incompe-     §  1. 
tency  of  such  agents  or  employes,  and  as  security  for  fines 
and  costs  which  may  be  imposed  for  careless  or  wilful  vio- 
lation of  any  of  the  requirements  of  this  ordinance  or  for 
making  connections  with  the  sewers  in  any   other  manner 
as  follow,  etc. : 

A.  Every  pipe  connecting  the  sewer,  whether  of  cast  iron  or  5*9/2' 
earthenware,  must  be  sound  and  impervious  in  all  its  parts,   gub  g" 

B.  Caskets  must  be  used  in  all  cases.  No  other  metal  than  cast       2. 
iron  will  be  allowed,  and  joints  in  iron  pipe  must  be  of  well 
caulked  lead. 

0.    Cement  pipes  is  not  be  used,  but  earthenware  pipes  of  the 
best  quality,  jointed  with  fresh,  strong  cement  mortar. 

D.  No  traps  or  any  manner  of  obstruction  to  the  free  flow  of 
air  through  the  whole  course  of  the  drain  and  soil  pipe  to 

be  allowed,  and  any  bonded  firm  or  individual  who  shall  di-   Q'Q^' 
rectly  or  indirectly  place,  make,  or  cause  or   allow  to  be    g°2. 
placed  or  made,  any  trap,  contraction  or  other  obstacle  any- 
where in  the  course  of  such  pipe,  in  addition  to  the  penalty 
herein  prescribed,  shall  forfeit  his  appointment  and  shall 
not  be   elligible  to  reappointment  for  one  year,  and  any 
other  person  offending  as  above  shall  be  subject  to  the  pen- 
alties ot  the  ordinance,  and  shall  in  addition  pay  the  costs 
of  rectifying  the  wrong  done. 

E.  Every  connection  at  a  water  closet,  sink,  basin  or  other  ves- 
sel connected  with  the  pipe,  must  be  separated  from  it  by  a 
trap  offering  an  obstacle  to  the  passage  of  air  equal  to  not 
less  than  three^eights  of  an  inch  debth  of  water. 

F.  All  details  of  plumbing  work,  such  as  water  closets,  sinks, 
etc.,  must  be  in  accordance  with  the  plans  and  descriptions 
in  the  office  of  the  city  engineer,  such  plans  always  bearing 
the  approval  of  the  City  Council. 

Sub-Sec.  3.    For  the  owner  or  occupant  of  any  building,  or  any 

portion  of  any  building,  any  portion  of  which  is  used  for  any  5"  «Jg 
purpose  during  any  portion  of  the  day,  to  fail  to  have  at  g."  g  3. 
least  one  water  closet  connect  with  the  public  sewer  fifteen 


144  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 

days  after  notification  from  the  city  engineer,  by  order  of 
the  City  Council  or  Board  of  Health,  and  to  fail  to  have  such 
water  closets  suitably  arranged  for  use  as  a  urinal  unless  a 
separate  urinal  is  provided. 

•Q  0/5"  Sub-Sec  4.    For  the  owner  or  occupant  of  any  building  in  which 
Sub  §          f°°d  is  cooked  or  clothes  are  washed,  to  fail  to  have  suitable 
4.  sinks,  slop  stone  or  hopper  for  the  reception  of  waste  water. 

Sub  Sec.  5.    To  allow  any  surface  water  or  rain  water  from  the 
ground  or  roof  of  houses  to  enter  any  sewer,  or  drain*  or 
vessel,  or  slop  stone  connected  with  any  sewer  or  drain,  or  to 
S'gQg"  admit  of  any  drainage  water  from  any  cellar  to  a  sewer,  pro- 

g/j  5!  vided,  however,  that  drainage  for  cellars  may  be  provided 
in  accordance  with  the  regulations,  plans  and  descriptions 
in  the  city  engineer's  office,  and  subject  also  to  the  restric- 
tions of  sub-section  one  of  this  ordinance. 

B.  B.  Sub-Sec.  6.  To  use,  or  cause  to  be  used,  any  house  drains  for 
any  other  purposa  or  purposes  than  those  specified  in  this 
ordinance. 

Sub-Sec.  7.     To  throw  or  deposit,  or  cause  or  permit  to  be  thrown 

or  deposited  in   any  vessel  or  receptacle  connected  with  a 

B    B  public  sewer,  any  garbage,  hair,  ashes,  fruit  or  vegetables, 

O.306  peelings  or  refused  rags,  cotton,  cinders  or  any  other  matter 

S.  |7.          or   thing  whatsoever,  except  forces,  urine,  the  necessary 

closet  paper  and  liquid  house  slops,  and  it  is  hereby  made 

the  duty  of  all  citizens  to  aid  the  police  in  bringing  offenses 

against  the  ordinance  to  punishment,  and  also  to  prevent 

branches  of  the  same. 

Sub-Sec.  8.    To  use,  or  allow  to  be  used,  any  soil  pipe  or  exten- 
sion of  the  sewer  connection  whatever  use  it  may  serve 
which   does   not  extend    atl  least    six    inches    above   the 
Q  3(2'  eaves  or  parapet  or  dividing  walls  of  the  house  or  build- 

g.'g  g!  in~  in    which   the  same   is  constructed,   and  all   ventila- 

ting pipes  for  sewer  connections  or  water  closets  are  hereby 
required  to  be  extended  at  least  six  inches  above  the  eaves^ 
parapet  or  dividing  walls  of  every  house  or  building  in  or 
near  which  there  is  a  sewer  connection. 

Sub  Sec.  9.    To  use,  or  allow  to  be  used,  any  bell-trap  or  any 

B.    B.  other  trap,  depending  for  its  seal  on  an  easily  movable  part. 

O.306.  or  to  construct  or  use,  or  cause  or  allow  to  be  constructed  or 

used,  any  water  closet  which  has  an  un  ventilated  space  of 

more  than  one  hundred  cubic  inches  capacity  between  two 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY    OF  FORT  WORTH.  145 

water  seals,  or  which  has  such  unventilated  space  of  any  ca- 
pacity in  which  any  part  of  the  uncleanliness  moyes  or  the  walls 
of  which  are  not  flushed  at  all  points  at  each  use  of  the  closet. 

Sub-Sec.  10.  To  fail  or  refuse  to  connect  all  wash  stands  °r  T>  T> 
slop  stands  in  the  house  or  yard  with  the  sewer,  or  to  allow  any  0*306. 
slop,  wash  or  waste  water  of  any  kind  to  flow  over  the  pavement  Sub  § 
or  under  the  pavement,  on  or  into  the  street. 

SEC.  2.  That  any  person  who  shall,  knowingly,  omit  or  re" 
fuse  to  comply  with,  or  who  resists  or  wilfully  violates  any  of  the 
provisions  ot  this  article,  or  any  of  the  rules,  orders  or  sanitary 
regulations  or  ordinances  establishing  or  declared  by  the  Board 
of  Health  in  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  this  article  or  the  o'.306 ' 
execution  of  any  order  or  special  regulation  of  the  Board  of  g  2. 
Health,  made  for  that  purpose,  is  hereby  declared  to  be  guilty  of 
a  misdemeanor  and  on  arrest  and  conviction,  he  or  she  shall  be 
ime!  for  ea?h  offense  in  any  sum  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  It 
is  hereby  provided  that  this  ordinance  shall  apply  to  owners  or 
occupants  of  property  in  blocks  through  which  the  sewer  pipes 
pass.  B  B 

SEC.  3.    That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  Q.SOG! 
and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law.  S.  §  3. 

Approved  July  19, 1883. 


146  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 


OBDINANCE  NO.  CXIII. 


An  Ordinance  lor  the  protection  or  Shade  and  Ornamental  Trees  within  the  city. 

Be  it  ordained  l)y  tlie  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

SECTION  1.    No  person  shall  cut,  deface  nor  in  any  way  in- 
jure any  tree  or  sapling  used  for  shade  or  ornamental  purposes 
standing  or  growing  in  any  of  te  streets  or  alleys  or  along  the 
7>,  A.   side- walks  or  within  any  of  the  public  places   belonging  to  or 
O.  19.   within  the  city  ot  Fort  worth ;  nor  shall  any  person  hitch  or 
$  ]'     cause  to  be  hitched  any  horse,  mule,  ox  or  other  animal  to  any 
such  tree  or  sapling  standing  or  growing  as  aforesaid  or  to  any 
boxing  which  may  be  placed  around  said  trees  or  saplings  for 
their  protection.     Nor  shall  any  person,  not  not  being  the  owner 
or  agent  thereof,  commit  any  of  the  offenses  aforesaid  upon  such 
trees  as  may  be  standing  upon  any  lot  within  the  city. 
J>.  A.  SEC.  2.    An  person  violating  this  ordinance,  upon  convic- 

*  a'  9      ^on  thereof,  shall  be  fined  not  exceeding  ten  dollars ;  one-half 

thereof  to  go  to  the  informer  and  the  remainder  to  the  city. 
**•  A.          J$EC>  3.    This  ordinance  to  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
y  3  '   anu  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law. 
Approved  April  10, 1873. 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH.  141 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CXIY. 

An  Ordinance  regulating  tlie  setting  out  of  Shade  Trees,  etc. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

SECTION  1.    All  shade  trees  hereafter  set  out  on  the  streets 

of  Fort  Worth  shall  be  placed  on  the  curbing  of  the  sidewalks.  B.   B, 

and  shall  be  twelve  inches  from  the  curbing  so  as  to  make  all  O.319. 

trees  on  any  given  straight  street  in  a  straight  line;  said  trees  &     * 
shall  be  set  out  so  as  to  be  not  nearer  than  three  feet  of  each  other. 

SEC.  2.    Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  Sec-  „    ^ 

tion  one  of  this  ordinance,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misde-  o'.319, 

meaner,  and  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  §  2, 
fifty  dollars  for  each  one  set  out. 

SEC.  3,    That  this  ordinance  take  effect  from  and  after  its  5*«J5l 

,  ,.       ..  <J,oJL». 

publication.  §  3, 

Approved  February  20,  1884. 


148  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CXV. 


An  Ordinance  regulating  Shooting  Galleries. 

Be  It  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth'. 

B.  A.          SECTION  1.    That  it  may  and  shall  be  lawful  for  any  person 
»  J*     to  set  up,  keep  and  maintain  a  shooting  gallery  within  the  cor- 
porate limits  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth  after  complying  with  the 
following  rules  and  regulations. 

B.  A.          SEC.  2.    That  he  or  she  shall  pay  to  the  Assessor  and  Oollec- 
O.  7      tor  the  sum  of  two  dollars  and  fifty  cents  per  month,  taking  his 
32&1    reeeiP^  f°r  the  same  and  obtaining  license  as  in  other  cases 
provided. 

SEC.  3,    That  any  person  setting  up  or  keeping  such  shoot- 
j^  j^  ing  gallery  shall  first  enclose  the  place  or  places  where  the  same 
O.  7.     shall  be  situated,  and  shall  secure  the  same  in  such  a  safe  man- 
$  ^'     ner  that  no  accident  may  arise  therefrom ;  provided,  that  they 
shall  keep  an  orderly  house  cr  place  where  the  same  shall  be 
situated ;  and  provided  further,  that  they  shall  close  and  keep 
closed  upon  the  Sabbath  day,  commonly  called  Sunday. 
B.  A.          SEC.  4.    This  ordinance  to  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
O-  J-     and  after  ten  days  publication  as  required  by  law. 
8  4*  Approved  April  9, 1873. 


THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH.  140 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CXVI. 


An  Ordinance  relating  to  and  regulating  and  enforcing  the  construction  and  repairing  of 
sidewalk. 

Be  it  ordained  ly  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

SECTION  1.    All  sidewalks  within  this  city  which  may  be 
hereafter  ordered  by  resolution  of  the  City  Council,  shall  be 
constructed  under  the  superintendence  and  to  the  satisfaction  0*243 
of  the  committee  on  streets,  alleys  and  sidewalks  and  all  side-     g  1. 
walks  hereatter  constructed  on  any  street,  the  grade  of  which 
has  been  established  by  the  city  council  .shall   be  built  in  strict 
conformity  to  said  grade. 

SEC.  2.     All  sidewalks  shall  be  made  by  the  owners  or  occu- 
pants of  the  premises  fronting  thereon,  and  shall  be  built  with-  B.   A. 
in  fifteen  days  after  publication  of  notice  in  the  official  newspa-     I'  | 
per  of  the  city,  as  herein  after  provided. 

SEC.  3.     Unless  a  diiferent  width  be  specified  in  the  resolu- 
tion ordering  their  construction,  all  sidewalks  hereatter  con-  13.   j*. 
structed  shall  be  of  the  following  width :     1st.     On  all  streets  0,301. 
eighty  feet  in  Avidth  the  sidewalks  shall  be  twelve  feet  wide,  and     & 
on  all  other  streets  the  sidewalks  shall  be  ten  feet  wide. 

SEC.  4.    All  sidewalks  hereafter  constructed  shall  have  a  ._ 

15     /v 
uniform  slope  of  one  inch  in  six  feet  from  the  building  on  front  o  243.' 

line  oi  the  lot  or  lots  in  front  of  which  the  same  are  built  to  the     §  4. 
outside  edge  thereof. 

SEC,  5.     All  sidewalks  in  the  city  of  Fort  Worth  hereafter 
constructed  sball  be  built  only  of  iron,  stone,  brick,   gravel  or 
other  suitable  and  durable  material,  and  no  sidewalk  shall  be 
made  or  constructed  of  wood.     When  built  of  gravel,  then  said  ®'£>' 
sidewalk  shall  be  laid  in  gravel  to  a  depth  of  not  less  than  six    g  •£' 
inches  and  shall  be  protected  by  a  substantial  curbing  of  stone 
or  plank  not  less  than  two  by  eight  inches  in  width   and  thick- 
ness well  tied  in  and  placed  along  the  outer  edge  of  the  sidewalk. 

SEC,  6.    The  city  council,  by  resolution,  may  at  any  time  or- 
der the  building  of  sidewalks  on  any  square,  street  or  alley  of  B.  A. 
the  city;  such  resolution  shall  prescribe  the  street  or  place  along  O.243. 
which  the  same  shall  be  built  and  the  material  of  which  it  is  to    $  6- 
be  constructed,  and  may  be  in  the  following  iorm:    "Be  it  re-  > 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WOJiTB. 


solved  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth,  that  the 
owners  or  occupants  of  all  property  fronting  on  the  (north,  south, 
east  or  west)  side  of  --  street,  from  -  (place  ot  begin- 
ning) to  --  (place  of  ending),  in  said  city  be  and  the  same 
are  hereby  ordered  to  construct  a  sidewalk  of  --  (kind  of 
material)  in  front  of  said  property,  in  conformity  with  the  ordi- 
nance relative  to  sidewalks." 

SEC.  7.  On  the  passage  of  an  order  for  the  building  of  any  side- 
walk the  city  secretary  shall  cause  notice  thereof  to  be  published 
for  five  days  in  the  official  newspaper  of  the  city  which  shall  be 
dated  and  signed  by  the  secretary,  and  shall  specify  the  day  on 
or  before  which  such  sidewalk  shall  be  constructed  by  the  owner 
B.  A.  or  occupant,  and  may  be  in  the  following  form:  "  Notice  is 
g"7>  '  hereby  given  that  the  City  Council  have  ordered  a  sidewalk  to 
be  constructed  as  follows  :  U0n  etc.,  ---  (giving  the  descrip- 
tion as  contained  in  the  resolution  ordering  the  same).  Now 
unless  the  same  shall  be  constructed  in  the  manner  required  by 
the  ordinance  relative  to  sidewalks  on  or  before  the  -  day 
of  -  next  the  same  will  be  built  by  the  city  and  the  ex- 
penses assessed  on  the  premises  fronting  thereon. 

SEC.  8.  The  city  secretary  shall  likewise  make  out  and 
cause  to  be  served  upon  the  owner  or  occupant  ot  such  real  es- 
tate, when  known  and  can  be  found,  a  written  or  printed  notice 
thereof,  dated  and  signed  by  himself  and  in  form  substantially 
as  follows  :  "Mr.  -  (name  of  party).  Sir:  You  are  here- 
by notified  that  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth  has 


O  243*  orc*erec*  a  sidewalk  to  be  constructed  of  -  (kind  of  material) 
g  8>  *  in  front  of  lot  No.  -  block  No.  -  on  -  street,  in  the  orig- 
inal town  (or  in  any  addition  thereto,  specifying  what  addition, 
it  any.  Now  unless  you  shall  construct  the  same  to  the  satis- 
faction of  the  committee  on  streets,  alleys  and  sidewalks,  in  the 
manner  required  by  ordinance  on  or  before  the  -  day  of  - 
(day  and  month  mentioned  in  the  published  notice),  the  same 
will  be  built  by  the  city  and  the  expenses  assessed  upon  the 
premises." 

SEC.  9.    The  notice  required  by  the  preceeding  section  shall 

B.  j^f  be  served  by  delivering  a  copy  thereof  to  such  owner  or  occu- 

O.243.  pant  in  person  or  by  leaving  the  same  at  the  residence  or  place 

§  9-     of  business  of  such  owner  or  occupant  ;  such  notice  may  be  also 

served  upon  any  known  agent  of  the  parties  aforesaid.    The 

person  serving  such  notice  shall  endorse  thereon  his  return 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY    OF  FORT  WORTH.  151 

showing  when,  how  and  upon  whom  the  same  has  been  served, 
and  return  the  same  to  the  office  of  the  city  secretary,  who  shall 
file  and  preserve  the  same. 

SEC.  10.     Should  the  owner  or  occupant  of  any  real  estate 
in  front  of  which  any  sidewalk  has  been  ordered  to  be  built,  fail 
or  refuse  to  construct  the  same  within  the  time  mentioned  in 
the  notice  aforesaid,  or  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  committee  on 
streets,  alleys  and  sidewalks,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  com-  B     . 
mittee  to  report  the  same  to  the  city  council ;  said  report  shall   0.243! 
be  in  writing,  and  shall  give  a  description  of  the  lot  or  other     §  10. 
premises,  also  the  name  of  the  owner  or  occupant  on  whom  no- 
lice  has  been  served  and  the  manner  of  service,  or,  if  any  owner 
be  unknown,  or  cannot  be  found  as  the  case  may   be.  the  said 
committee  shall  procure  and  file  with  such  report  a  copy  of  the 
sidewalk  notice  published  in  the  newspaper  doing  the  city  print- 
ing with  an  affidavit  by  the  publisher  of  its  due  pcblication. 

SEC.  11.     On  receiving  said  report  the  city  council  may  or- 
der the  Committee  on  streets,  alleys  and  sidewalks  to  construct 
the  sidewalk  mentioned  therein,  which  order  may  be  in  the  fol^  j$    A. 
lofiins  form  :     k% Whereas,  The  owner  of  the  following   described   O.243. 

real  estate,  to-wit:     Lot  number ,  block  number ,  orig-     8  H- 

inal  town  (or  any  addition  as  the  case  may  be),  has  failed,  after 
due  notice  to  construct  a  sidewalk  thereon  in  pursuance  of  an 
order  passed  on  -  -  day  of  -  -  (giving  date  of  resolution  or- 
dering the  same.)  It  is,  therefore,  ordered  that  the  committee 
on  streets,  alleys  and  sidewalks  construct  the  same  forthwith,  in 
conformity  with  the  original  order,  and  report  the  expenses  for 
assessment'" 

SEC.  12.    An  accurate  account  shall  be  kept  by  the  commit- 
tee on  streets,  alleys  and  sidewalks  of  the  cost  of  every  sidewalk 
constructed  by  order  of  the  city  council,  and  they  shall  report 
the  same  in  writing  as  soon  as  practicable  in  substance  in  the  ^     . 
following  form:     "Your  committee  on  streets,  allevs  and  side-  (X24s! 
walks  beg  leave  to  report  that  in  compliance  with  an  order  of    §  12. 

the  city  council,  passed  on  the day  of (giving  date  of 

order),  they  have  constructed  a  sidewalk  on  the  premises  herein 
after  described  at  an  expense  set  opposite  thereto,  to-wit :  Lot 

number ,  block  number, original  town  or $ ." 

To  be  signed  by  the  chairman  or  other  member  of  the  commit- 
tee and  addressed  to  the  city  council. 

SEC.  13.    The  city  council  shall,  on  receiving  the  report  re- 


152  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTFI. 

port  required  by  the  preceding  section,  by  a  resolution  passed 
by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all  the  members,  assess  the  expenses 
on  the  real  estate  described  therein;  which  resolution  may  be 
T5.  A.   substantially  in  the  following  form  :     Be  it  resolved  by  the  City 
(o<2f!'  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth,  that  the  sums  of  money  set 
opposite  the  following  lot,  to-wit:    '-Lot  number ,  block  num- 
ber   ,  original  town  or  addition  (as  the  case  may  be), ,  $ — 

be  and  the  same  is  hereby  assessed  thereon  to  defray  the  ex- 
penses of  a  sidewalk  constructed  by  the  city  in  pursuance  of  an 

order  passed  on  the day  of  -— ,  18 — • 

SEC.  14.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  secretary,  as  soon 
as  practicable,  after  the  passage  thereot,  to  furnish  the  assessor 
j>    A    and  collector  a  certified  copy  of  the  resolution  provided  for  in 
O.243.  the  preceeding  section,  signed  by  the  mayor  and  attested  by 
8  ki.  himself,  with  the  seal  of  the  corporation  attached  thereto;  which 
certified  copy,  as  aforesaid,  shall  be  full  and  sufficient  authority 
for  the  assessor  and  collector  to  receive  and  collect  the  assess- 
ment therein  specified. 

SEC.  15.     Upon  receiving  such  certified  copy  of  said  resolu- 
tion as  set  forth  above,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  assessor  and 
collector  to  cause  to  be  published  tor  ten  days  in  th©  official 
newspaper  of  the  city  a  notice  of  such  assessment  as  ordered  by 
the  city  council  and  demanding  payment  of  the  same  within. 
O243    thirty  days  after  the  date  thereof;  sad  notice  shall  be  dated  and 
§  15.  signed  by  the  assessor  and  collector,  and  may  be  in  the  follow- 
ing form:     "Notice  is  hereby  given  that  the  sum  of  money  set 
opposite   to  the  following   lot.  to-wit:     Lot  number — — block 

number,  original  town  (or  addition  as  the  case  may  be), $ — , 

has  been  assessed  thereon  by  the  city  council  for  the  cost  of  a 
sidewalk  constructed  by  the  city  and  payment  of  said  amount 
is  hereby  demanded  within  thirty  days  from  the  date  hereof. 

SEC.  16.    Should  the  owner  of  any  real  estate  so  assessed 
fail  or  refuse  to  pay  the  amount  of  such  assessment,  or  any  por. 
tion  thereof  within  thirty  days  after  the  date  of  the  first  publi- 
B.  A.  catioe  of  the  notice  prescribed  in  the  preceeding  section,  the  as- 
O.2±S.  sessor  and  collector  shall,  by  virtue  ot  his  certified  copy  of  the 
resolution  of  assessment,  signed  by  the  mayor  and  countersigned 
by  the  city  secretary  under  the  seal  of  the  corporation  as  pro- 
vided in  section  fourteen  of  this  ordinance,  seize,  levy  upon  and 
sell  such  delinquent  premises  or  real  estate,  or  £O  much  thereof 
as  may  be  necessary,  whether  belonging  to  residents  or  non-res- 


ORDINANCES  OF  TUB  CITY    OF  FORT  WORTH.  US 

idents,  for  the  payment  of  the  assessment  due  thereon  together 
with  the  costs  of  sale  accruing  ihereon. 

SEC.  17.    The  assessor  and  collector  shall  advertise  such  de- 
linquent premises  or  real  estate  for  sale  in  the  official  newspa- 
per of  the  city  for  three  successive  weeks,  giving  in  said  adver-    u.  A. 
tisement  such  a  description  as  is  given  to  the  same  on  the  certi-    O.243. 
lied  copy  of  the  resolution  of  assessment  in  his  hands,  giving  the 
name  of  the  owner,  if  known,  and  if  unknown  say  "unknown," 
together  with  the  time,  place  and  terms  of  sale;  said  sale  to  be 
for  cash  to  the  highest  bidder  at  public  outcry  at  the  courthouse 
door  of  this  couaty,  and  shall  be  between  the  legal  hours  on  the 
first  Tuesday  of  the  month. 

SEC.  18.  The  assessor  and  collector,  in  making  sales  for  as- 
sessments due  upon  real  estate  for  the  construction  of  sidewalks 
shall  sell  at  public  outcry,  at  the  time  and  place  appointed  so 
much  of  said  real  estate  as  may  be  necessary  to  pay  the  assess- 
ment and  all  costs  accruing  thereon,  and  shall  offer  said  real  B.  A. 
estate  to  the  bidder  who  will  pay  the  assessment  due  and  costs  .  ££' 
of  sale  and  execution  of  deed  for  the  least  amount  of  said  real 
estate,  who  shall  be  deemed  the  highest  bidder.  Should  a  less 
amount  of  said  real  estate  than  the  whole  tract,  or  parcel  levied 
upon,  be  sold  for  the  assessment  due  and  costs  of  sale  and  exe- 
cution of  the  deed,  the  assessor  and  collector  shall,  in  making 
his  deed  to  the  purchaser,  begin  at  some  corner  of  said  tract  or 
lot,  and  designate  the  same  in  a  square  as  near  as  practicable. 

SEC.  19.  The  assessor  and  collector  shall  execute  to  the  pur- 
chaser upon  the  payment  of  the  amount  for  which  the  real  estate 
was  sold,  and  costs,  a  deed  for  the  real  estate  sold;  giving  in 
said  deed  such  description  of  the  land  as  is  given  on  the  certi-  ~  ^  • 
fied  copy  of  the  resolution  of  assessment  in  his  hands  and  such  o'.243. 
other  description  as  may  be  necessary  to  the  better  identifica-  §  19. 
tion  of  the  same ;  which  deed  shall  vest  a  good  and  absolute  fee 
in  said  land  in  the  purchaser  if  not  redeemed  in  two  years  as 
hereinafter  provided ;  said  deed  shall  state  the  cause  of  sale,  the 
amount  sold,  the  name  of  the  person,  firm,  company  or  corpora- 
tion on  whom  the  demand  for  such  assessment  for  sid  ~~  *'  ^ 
made,  provided  the  name  is  known,  and  it  unknown,  say  ' •'•  un- 
known," and  when  such  real  estate  has  been  sold  he  shall  con- 
vey, subject  to  the  right  of  redemption  provided  for  in  the  fol- 
lowing section,  all  right  and  interest  which  the  former  owner 
had  therein  at  the  time  the  assessment  was  made. 


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SEC.  20.    The  owner  of  real  estate  sold  for  the  payment  of 

any  assessment  for  the  construction  of  sidewalks,  or  his  heirs  or 

assigns,  or  legal  representatives  may,  within  two  years  from  the 

Tl.   A.   date  of  sale,  redeem  the  estate  sold  by  paving  or  tendering  to 

(g~ojj    the  purchaser,  his  heirs  or  legal  representatives,  or  when  the 

purchaser  or  his  representative  cannot  be  found,  by  depositing 

with  the  assessor  and  collector  double  the  full  amount  of  his  bid 

ior  said  land  and  all  costs  of  sale. 

SEC.  21.  Should  the  assessor  and  collector  fail  to  make  sale 
of  any  real  estate  for  want  of  a  purchaser,  he  shall  bid  the  same 
off  to  the  city  for  the  amount  of  the  assessment  due  and  costs 
accruing  thereon,  and  execute  and  deliver  to  the  city  a  deed  to 
the  same  in  the  same  manner  as  provided  for  to  individuals  for 
real  estate  sale.  Said  deed  shall  be  recorded  in  the  county 
clerk's  office  and  shall  vest  a  good  and  absolute  title  to  the  city 
in  said  land  if  not  redeemed  as  herein  provided.  The  owner  of 
,,  .  such  real  estate  bid  in  by  the  assessor  and  collector  may  redeem 
(>.24:i!  tne  same  at  any  time  within  two  years  from  the  date  the  asses- 
§  21.  sor  and  collector  bid  in  said  property  by  paying  to  the  assessor 
and  collector  the  full  amount  of  money  for  which  said  pro- 
perty was  bid  in  and  costs,  with  interest  thereon  at  the  rate  of 
t vrelve  yer  cent,  per  annum  from  the  day  of  sale;  and  upon 
such  payment  being  made  by  the  owner  or  his  agent,  the  asses- 
sor and  collector  shall  procure  from  the  city  secretary  and  de- 
liver to  such  party  a  quit  claim  deed  to  such  property,  which 
deed  shall  be  signed  by  the  mayor  and  attested  by  the  city  sec- 
retary and  delivered  under  seal  of  the  city. 

SEC.  22.     Whenever  the  assessor  and  collector  shall  have 
made  sale  of  any  real  estate  under  this  ordinance,  it  shall  be  his 
duty  to  make  return  of  said  sale  to  the  city  council,  stating  in 
O  243    s       return  the  land  sold,  the  name  of  the  owner,  if  known,  and 
$  22.   if  unknown  state  the  fact,  the  time  of  the  sale,  the  amount  for 
which  said  sale  was  made  together  with  the  name  of  the  pur- 
chaser, which  return  shall  be  entered  of  record  on  the  minutes 
of  the  proceedings  of  the  city  council. 

SEC.  23.     The  assessor  and  collector  on  final  settlement  of 

T»  A 

u  943    his  accounts  with  the  city  council  shitll  be  entitled  to  a  credit 
g  2;>!   for  the  amount  of  all  assessments  for  the  construction  of  side- 
walks due  the  city  for  which  the  lands  or  lots  were  bid  off  to  the 
city;  and  in  all  cases  where  property  is  levied  on  and  sold  for 


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assessments  for  sidewalks,  he  shall  receive  the  same  compensa- 
tion as  is  allowed  by  law  for  making  a  levy  and  sale  for  taxes. 

SEC.  24.    Nothing  contained  in  this  ordinance  shall  be  con- 
strued to  deprive  the  city  of  any  right,  power  or  authority  which 
it  may  have  to  collect  said  assessments  for  the  construction  of  **• 
sidewalks  or  the  value  of  work  and  labor  done  and  material     g"  2L 
furnished  in  constructing  sidewalks  by  instituting  suit  in  the 
corporate  name  in  any  court  having  jurisdiction  thereof. 

SEC.  25.    No  assessments  for  the  construction  of  sidewalks 
as  herein  contemplated  shall  be  deemed  to  be  invalid  in  any  B.  A. 
case  where  the  same  shall  be  made  in  conformity  with  law.  al-      •  tr' 
though  the  same  shall  not  be  made  in  strict  conformity  with  the 
proceedings  and  forms  herein  prescribed. 

SEC.  26.  That  in  all  cases  when  sidewalks  have  been  built  B.  A. 
in  conformity  with  any  order  of  the  city  council,  it  shall  be  the  ^~3/ 
duty  of  the  city  to  build  and  construct  crossings  to  meet  and  °* 
connect  the  same. 

SEC.  27.    Whenever  any  sidewalk  shall  become  broken  or 
otherwise  out  of  repair,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  committee  on 
streets,  alleys  and  sidewalks,  the  city  marshal,  or  any  member 
ol  the  police  force  to  cause  a  written  or  printed  notice,  dated 
and  signed  by  the  mayor  or  any  member  of  the  committee  on 
streets,  alleys  and  sidewalks  to  be  served  upon  the  owner  or  his   -g    ^ 
known  agent,  or  the  occupant  of  the  premises  fronting  thereon,  O.243. 
requiring  the  same  to  be  repaired  within  a  reasonable  time  to  be     §  2?« 
mentioned  therein ;  which  notice  may  be  in  lorm  as  follows : 

Mr. -(name  of  party),  Sir:    You  are  hereby  notified  to 

repair  the  sidewalk  in  front  of  lot  number block  number 

on  the side  of street,  in  the  original  town 

of  Fort  Worth  (or  in  any  addition  thereto),  in  conformity  with 

the  ordinance  relative  to  sidewalks  of  said  city  within 

hours  or  ( days)  aftea  service  of  this  notice. 

SEC.  28.    In  all  cases  where  any  owner  or  agent  or  occupant 
cannot  be  found,  or  fails  or  reiuses  to  repair  any  sidewalk,  in 
pursuance  of  notice  as  prescribed  in  section  twenty-seven  ot  this  ^    ^ 
ordinance,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  committee  on  streets,  al-   O.243. 
leys  and  sidewalks,  within  a  reasonable  time  after  the  expira-     §  28. 
tion  of  the  time  specified  in  said  notice  to  repair  the  same  and 
report  the  expenses  thereot  to  the  city  council  for  assessment 
against  the  premises  fronting  thereon  ;  such  report  may  be  made 
in  the  same  form,  and  the  assessment  tor  the  repairs  made  and 


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collected  in  the  same  manner  as  provided  in  this  ordinance  in 
relation  to  the  building  of  sidewalks. 

SEC.  29.    The  notices  required  by  sections  eight  and  twenty- 
B.  A.  seven  of  this  ordinance  may  be  served  and  returns  thereof  made 
H  29    ky  the  city  marshal  or  any  policeman  or  by  any  member  of  the 
committee  on  streets,  alleys  and  sidewalks. 

SEC.  30.    Any  person  being  the  owner,  agent  or  occupant  of 

any  premises  in  front  of  which  any  sidewalk  may  be  broken  or 

otherwise  out  of  repair,  who  shall  fail  or  refuse  to  repair  such 

O  243    sidewalk  w^hin  the  time  required  by  the  notice  prescribed  in 

§  3(X  section  twenty-seven  of  this  ordimance  shall  be  deemed  guilty 

of  a  misdemean,  and  on  couviction  shall  be  fined  not  less  than 

five  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  and  each  day  that  such 

person  shall  fail  or  refuse  shall  be  deemed  a  separate  offense, 

SEC.  31.    Any  person  who  shall  construct,  aid  or  assist  in 

the  construction,  or  cause  to  be  constructed  any  sidewalk  con- 

B.  A.  trary  to  the  grade  established  by  the  city  council,  where  any 

O.243.  grade  has  been  so  established  or  contrary  to  the  provisions  of 

2      *  this  ordinance,  shall  be  deemed  guilty   of  a  misdemeanor,  and 

upon  conviction  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than 

one  hundred  dollars. 

B     .  SEC.  32.    That,  whereas,  a  public  necessity  exists   for  the 

0*243]  immediate  passage  and  enforcement  of  this  ordinance;  therefore, 
§  32.  that  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and  af* 
ter  it&  passage. 

Approved  October  13, 1880. 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  CXVII. 


An  Ordinance  prohoblting  the  obstruction  of  the  Sidewalks  and  streets  of  said  city,  and 
the  throwing  uf  dirt,  straw  and  rubbish  into  or  upon  said  streets. 

Be  it  ordained  l)y  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

SECTION  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  one  to  obstruct  any  B.  A. 
sidewalk  in  this  city  by  selling  or  offering  for  sale  by  auction  or  O.263. 
otherwise  any  goods  wares  or  merchandise  on  such  sidewalk.  ^ 

SEC.  2.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  one  to  place  any  barrel  3  ^ 
or  barrels,  box  or  boxes,  or  wood  or  other  substance  on  any  side-  O.263. 

.0        rt 

walk  in  this  city  so  as  to  obstruct  the   passage  along  such  side-     * 
walk  or  any  part  thereof. 

SEC.  3.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons  toob-  j>    ^ 
struct  any  sidewalk  in  front  of  any  church,  theatre  or  other  pub-  0,283. 
lie  place,  or  place  of  business,  or  in  any  other  way  obstruct  the     §  3- 
passage  in  or  out  of  any  such  church,  theatre  or  other  public 
place. 

SEC.  4.    Nothing  in  this  ordinance  shall  be  so  construed  as 
to  prevent  any  merchant  from  occupying  not  to  exceed  one-half 
of  any  sidewalk  in  receiving  or  forwarding  goods,  wares  or  mer- 
chandise.    Provided,  they  shall  not  occupy  said  sidewalk  tor  a 
longer  space  of  time  than  twelve  hours.     Every  merchant  or  5'cJo* 
owner  of  a  building  fronting  on  any  street  shall  be  allowed  not    §^4. 
to  exceed  thirty-six  inches  on  the  inside  of  the  walk  for  show 
windows  or  the  display  of  goods,  but  nothing  on  the  outer  edge 
of  said  sidewalk,  except  as  to  butchers,   and  they  shall  be  al- 
lowed twenty-four  inches  on  the  outer  edge  of  said  sidewalk. 

SEC.  5.    Every  day  that  any  obstruction  shall  remain  upon 
any  sidewalk,  in  this  city  shall  be  considered  a  violation  of  the  B.  A. 
police  regulations  herein  contained,  and  shall  constitute  a  sepa-  ^'^p* 
rate  offense  and  be  punished  as  such. 

SEC.  6.    It  shall  be  unlawlul  for  any  person  to  place  upon  B.  A. 
any  sidewalk,  street  or  alley  or  gutter  of  any  street  within  said  ^'2S3- 
city  any  straw,  dirt,  filth,  ashes,  chips,  shells,  paper.  jrlHss  or 
other  rubbish  or  trash,  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  anyone  to 


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throw,  place  or  sweep  any  paper,  dirt,  trash  or  rubbish  from  any 
store  into  the  streets  or  gutters  of  said  streets. 

n  9«V          ^EC*  ^'    ^  s^a^  ^e  '^lawful  f°r  anY  mechanic,  laborer  or 
*"  g^  *  builder  to  place  or  deposit  upon  the  sidewalks  of  said  city  any 

lumber  or  material  for  building. 

O.263!          ^EC*  ^     ^  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  mechanic,  laborer  or 
g  9. "  builder  to  stop  tip  the  gutters  of  any  street  in  said  city. 

SEC.  9.    Anyone  violating  any  section  of   this  ordinance 

B.  A.  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction 

Q'  IQ"  thereof  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  exceeding  twenty-five 

dollars, 

B.  A.          SEC  10.    That  this  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  and  take  effect 
O.263.  from  and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law. 
*  1L  Passed  December  20, 1881. 


OEDINANCE  NO.  CXVIII. 

', 

An  Ordinance  regulating  Slaughter  Pens. 

Be  it  ordained  ly  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

SECTION  1.    That  any  person  or  persons  who  shall  kill  or 

slaughter  any  beef  cattle,  sheep  or  hogs  for  market  within  the 

B.  A.  corporate  limits  of  this  city  otherwise  than  at    the    regular 

O*  j°-  slaughter  pens  established  by  the  city  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of 

a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  fined  a  sum 

not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  for  each  and  every 

offense. 

B.  A  "^EC*  ^*    f^1*8  or^^nance  to  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 

O.  10.  and  after  ten  days  publication  as  required  by  las. 
§  2-  Approyed  April  9, 1873. 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  CXIX. 


An  Ordinance  granting  to  M,  B  Loyd  and  C.  H  ntgby  and  th^fr  assigns  tue  privilege  to 
use  for  stairway  purposes  tnree  reetof  tiie  nortu  side  of  Second  street,  batmen  Ho  us- 
ton  and  Main  streets,  and  adjoining  tue  lot  on  wnlch  tue  proposed  National  Bank  Is 
being  erected. 

Be  it  ordained  by  tlie  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth'. 

SECTION  1.    That  M.  B.  Loyd  and  C.  H.  Higby  and  their  as- 
signs be  and  the  same  are  hereby  granted  the  privilege  to  use  Q*  ^ 
for  stairway  purposes  three  feet  of  the  north  side  of  Second     g"  i. ' 
street,  between  Houston  and  Main  street,  and  adjoining  the  lot 
on  which  the  proposed  National  Bank  building  is  being  erected.    B     . 

SEC.  2.    That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  Q\  99] 
and  after  its  passage.  £  2. 

Approved  December  18, 1876. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CXX. 


An  Ordinance  conceralng  Books  and  Stationery  for  the  different  officers. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

SECTION  1.    That  the  following  named  officers,  viz :    Mayor, 
Tax  Assessor  and  Collector,  Treasurer,  City  Attorney  and  Sec-  jj.  ^. 
retary  be  authorized  to  procure  all  books  and  stationery  neces-  O.  4. 
sary  to  the  conduct  of  their  respective  offices,  and  that  the  same     *  *' 
be  paid  for  out  of  any  monies  that  may  be  in  the  city  treasury 
upon  the  presentation  of  the  accounts  for  the  same  by  the  re- 
spective officers  with  their  affidavit  attached  as  to  the  justness  of    ' 
the  same  r>\  4.* 

SEC.  2.    That  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force     §  2. 
from  and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  April  5, 1873. 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  CXXI. 


To  open  and  extend  t  IIP  following  streets,  to-wlt:  To  open  an3  extend  Bluff  street  through 
Block  123  to  Klin  stiver,  sixty  feet  wide.  Also  to  open  a  street,  sixty  feet  wld^,  from 
the  river  bluff  through  Block  123  to  Belknap  street,  so  as  to  leave  four  blocks  iu  block 
123.  200  feet  square. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

T»>.  A.          SECTION  1.    That  Bluff  street  be  extended  through  block  No. 
<>•  Jl«  323  (said  extension  being  sixty  feet  wide)  to  Elm  street. 

SEC.  2.    That  a  street  sixty  feet  wide  wide  from  river  bluff 
O   (U    ^  extended  through  block  No.  123  to  Belknap  street  so  as  to 
g  2.     leave  four  blocks  in  Block  123  two  hundred  feet  square. 

SEC.  3.     That  the  mayor  immediately  appoint  three  disin- 
terested appraisers,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  enter  upon  the 
preraisesTand.  together  with  the  city  engineer,  after  having  been 
duly  sworn  to  faithfully  perform  their  duties  as  such  appraisers, 
and  with  fidelity  and  impartiality  to,  to  view  and  estimate  the 
O   61    va^oe  °*  a^  Pr°Pei*ty  within  the  limits  of  the  streets  so  opened 
jj"  3§ '   as  aferesaid  and  estimate  and  ascertain  all  damages  sustained  by 
the  citizens  of  the  city  as  owners  of  property  within  said  limits 
bv  reason  of  the  opening  or  extending  of  said  streets,  and  faith- 
fully report  the  same  to  the  city  council  at  their  regular  meet- 
ing in  September  next,  the  same  being  the  8th  day  of  the  month. 
SEC.  4.    That  the  publication  of  this  ordinance  in  one  of  the 
1!.  A.  city  papers  for  four  consecutive  weeks  shall  be  a  sufficient  no- 
o.  61.  tice  to  all  parties  concerned,  and  final  action  will  be  had  on  the 
same  at  a  regular  meeting  to  be  held  on  the  22d  day  of  Septem- 
ber, A.  D.  1881. 

Approve:!  August,  14,  1S74. 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  CXXII. 


An  Ordinance  to  f>pen  and  exteni  tlie  following  street,  to-wlt :    B'ufl  street  from  Ho  iston 
street  turouglit  Block  4,  224  feet.    Said  street  to  De  sixty  teat  wide. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

SS.CTION!.  That  Bluff  street  be  extended  through  block  .^  ^ 
No.  4  to  Mrs.  Gamble's  east  line,  a  distance  of  224  feet  from  g  i! 
Houston  street.  B  A 

SEC.  2.  That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  o.  73. 
and  after  its  passage.  §  2. 

Passed  March  28, 1876. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CXXIII. 


An  Ordinance  rear'Uatfne:  the  op>nln°r,  establishing,  wldsnlng,  straightening,  extending 
and  laying  off  of  streets  and  alleys. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

SECTION  1.    That  whenever  it  shall  be  deemed  imperatively 
necessary  to  open,  establish,  widen,  straighten,  extend  or  lay  off 
any  street  or  alley  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city  of  Fort    **.  A. 
Worth,  the  city  council  shall  order  the  city  engineer  to  make  a     g"  i. ' 
correct    survey  and   plat  ot  the  street  or  alley  to  be  opaned, 
established,  widened,  straightened,  extended  or  laid  off  and  of 
the  lot  or  lots  of  land  that  it  in  xy  be  necessary  to  appropriate 
for  that  purpose,  which  survey  and  plot  shall  be  kept  on  file  in 
his  office  for  public  inspection. 

SEC.  2.    That  after  an  examination  of  the  said  survey  and   T»    A 
plot,  should  it  appear  necessary  to  take  private  property  for   O.  RO. 
such  purpose,  the  mayor  shall  appoint  three  disinterested  citi-     *  * 
zens,  who  shall  be  free  holders  within  the  said  city  and  shall 


1«2  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 

have  been  residents  thoreof  for  at  least  one  year  next  proceed- 
ing said  appointment,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  enter  upon  the 
said  premises  and  appraise  the  property  to  be  so  appropriated 
and  estimate  the  value  thereof,  which  said  valuation  shall  be 
returned  under  oath  by  the  said  commissioners  to  the  council 
and  filed  in  the  office  of  the  city  secretary. 

SEC.  3.  That  should  the  council  then  consider  that  the  pub- 
lic interest  requires  the  payment  ot  said  valuation  and  the  ap- 
propriation of  the  said  property,  they  shall  cause  notice  in  wri- 
ting to  be  issued  by  the  city  secretary  and  served  by  the  city 
J»-  A,  marshal,  or  his  deputy,  on  the  owner  or  owners  of  the  said  land 
«'  3  "  that  the  said  valuation  will  be  presented  to  the  council  at  its 
next  regular  meeting  for  action  thereon,  which  notice  shall  be 
served  not  less  than  ten  days  before  said  council  meeting.  The 
said. notice  shall  be  served  by  delivering  a  copy  thereof  to  the 
owner  or  leaving  it  at  his  place  of  business  or  residence.  If  the 
owner  be  a  non-resident  the  notice  shall  be  published  three 
weeks  in  a  newspaper  published  in  Fort  Worth.  Said  notice 
shall  state  the  time  when  the  council  will  meet  and  contain  a 
discription  of  the  property. 

SEC.  4.    That  at  said  meeting  the  said  valuation  shall  be  ex- 

B    ^  amined  with  any  objections  that  may  be  made  thereto  by  the 

O.  80.  owner  or  owners  of  the  property  and  the  council  may,  if  it  sees 

3  4-     proper,  order  another  valuation  by  the  commissioners  or  confirm 

the  same.- 

SEC.  5.    That  when  said  valuation  shall  have  been  confirmed 
O.  80!  the  eouncil  shall  order  the  amount  so  found  due  the  owner  to  be 
§  5.     paid  to  him  in  money,  or  deposited  in  the  city  treasury  subject 
to  his  order. 

SEC.  6.    That  when  the  amount  found  due  each  owner  has 

been  paid  him,  or  deposited  in  the  treasury,  as  provided  for  in 

-n    ^    the  proceeding  section,  it  shall  be  the  duty  ot  the  city  marshal 

U.  SO*  to  notify  the  owners  of  said  properly  to  remove,  within  ten  days, 

§  6-     any  obstructions  tnat  may  be  on  the  land  so  appropriated,  and 

if  not  so  removed  tho  city  marshal  shall  proceed  to  remove  the 

same,. 

SEC.  7.    That  any  person  aggrieved  by  the  said  valuation 
^'  jjj'  shall  have  the  right  to  appeal  in  the  county  court,  provided,  that 
2  7. '  the  city  shall  not  be  required  to  suspend  work  on  said  street  or 
alley  pending  said  appeal. 

SEC-  8,.   That  the  expense  of  opening,  establishing,  widen- 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 


ing,  straightening,  extending  and  laying  off  said  street  or  alley,,  J*.  A. 
surveying  fhe  same  and  plotting  the  said  property  shall  be  paid  g  §;' 
by  the  city.  B  ^ 

SEC.  9.  That  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  O.  80. 
from  and  after  its  passage.  2  9- 

Approved  August  11,  1876. 


OKDINANCE  NO.  CXXIY. 


An  Ordinance  validating  and  establishing- the  survey  of  the  city  engineer  antt  the  public 
square  and  tbe  streets  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth. 

Be  it  ordained  l>y  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

SECTION  1.    That  the  map  and  plot  of  the  city  of  Fort  "Worth 
returned  to  the  council  by  I.  C.  Terry,  city  surveyor  and  engi- 
neer, upon  the  llth  day  ot  November,  1873,  together  with  the 
field  notes  thereof,  be  and  it  is  hereby  ratified,  validated  and  5*  4* 
declared  to  be  the  official  map  and  plot  .of  this  city  ana  the     g  i.* 
streets,  alleys  and  public  squares  ot  said  city  as  therein  laid  out 
are  hereby  declared  to  be  the  proper  and  public  streets,  alleys 
and  squares  of  this  city,  and  the  names  of  said  streets  as  given 
upon  said  map  and  plot  are  hereby  declared  to  be  the  proper 
and  official  names  of  said  streets. 

SEC.  2.    That  the  secretary  endorse  upon  said  map  his  cer- 
tificate, to  which  he  shall  affix  the  seal  of  the  city  to  the  effect  B.  A. 
that  said  map  was,  upon  said  llth  day  of  November,  1873,  pro-  O.  49. 
duced  to  the  city  council  of  this  city  by  Isaac  C.  Terry,  city  sur-    * 
veyor  and  engineer,  and  by  them  ratified,  validated  and  con- 
firmed and  ordered  to  be  recorded  as  the  official  map  and  plot 
of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth. 

Approved  November  11, 1873. 


1M  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CXXV. 


AD  ordlrance  validating  and  eptabllsblrg  the  Map  and  Plot  of  Daniel  O'Flaherty  and 
and  public  square,  streets,  alleys,  blocks  and  lots  ol  the  city  of  Fort  Wortli. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Wortlc. 

SECTION  1.  That  the  map  and  plot  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth 
presented  to  the  city  council  by  Daniel  O'Flaherty,  a  citizen  of 
this  city,  upon  the  26th  day  ol  June,  A.  D.  1877,  together  with 
the  field  notes  thereof,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  ratified,  vali- 
dated and  declared  to  be  the  oflicial  map  and  plot  of  this  city 
and  the  streets,  alleys,  blocks  and  lots  and  public  square  ot  said 
city,  as  therein  laid  out,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  the  proper 
Q"]^'  and  public  streets,  alleys  and  squares  of  this  city;  and  the  names 
g  i.  *  of  said  streets  and  the  numbers  of  said  blocks  and  lots  as  given 
upon  said  map  and  plot  are  hereby  declared  to  be  the  proper 
and  official  names  of  said  streets  and  the  number  of  said  blocks 
and  lots.  Provided,  that  should  any  conflict  occur  between  this 
map  and  plot  of  the  city  and  the  map  and  plot  of  the  city  here- 
tofore adopted  on,  to-wit:  the  llth  day  of  November,  A.  D.  1873, 
that  the  map  and  plot  heretofore  adopted  shall  control. 

Sic.  2.    That  the  secretary  endorse  upon  said  map  his  cer- 
tificate, to  which  he  shall  affix  the  seal  of  the  city  to  the  effect 
0 121     ^at  sa^  mai>  was  uP°n  sai(*  Ifth  day  of  July,  1877,  produced  to 
g'  2.'    the  city  council  of  this  city  by  Daniel  O'Flaherty  and  by  them 
ratified,  validated  and  confirmed  and  endorsed  to  be  recorded 
as  the  official  map  and  plot  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth. 
B.  A.          SEC.  3.    That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
2  |      an^  after  its  passage. 

Approved  September  13. 1877. 


ORDINANCES  Of  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTjf.  HS 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CXXVI. 


An  ordinance  to  regulate  work  on  streets  and  sidewalks  within  tbe«lty  limits,  and  erec- 
tion and  repairing  of  any  buildings  wltMn  tlie  fire  limits,  and  to  prohibit  the  Inter- 
ruption or  breaking  ol  streets  and  sidewalk?. 

Be  it  ordained  ly  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

SECTION  1.    That  all  contracts  for  public  improvements  on 
the  streets  and  sidewalks  within  the  city  limits  shall  be  subject  <™  JQQ" 
to  the  approval  of  the  city  engineer  and  the  contractors  shall    g  i. 
construct  the  same  in  accordance  with  and  subject  to  his  orders, 

SEC.  2.    That  all  persons  desirous  of  erecting  or  repairing  B    A 
any  building  of  any  material  whatsoever,  within  the  flre  limits,  o'.133*. 
shall,  before  commencing  the  same,  first  obtain  from  the  city     §  2. 
engineer  a  permit  therefor, 

SEC.  3.    That  any  person  desiring  to  remove  or  interrupt  any  jj.  A. 
sidewalk  or  excavate  any  part  of  the  public  street  shall  so  notify  O.133. 
the  city  engineer  and  obtain  from  him  a  permit  which  shall  dis-    $  3a 
tinetly  state  the  time  during  which  such  obstruction  will  be  al- 
lowed. 

SEC.  4.    That  any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  B.  A. 
this  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  ^?3* 
and  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less 
than  ten  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars.  B    ^ 

SEC.  5.    That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  O.133. 
and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law.  $  5.  j 

Approved  December  21, 1877. 


H6  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WOXTB. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CXXVII. 


An  Ordinance  opening  and  establishing  a  street  sixty  feet  wide,  running  from  a  point  on 
the  west  Hue  of  the  zs.  G.  Jennings  survey  and  adjoining  the  norm  west  corner  of  block 
39  to  the  east  bank  of  the  Clear  Fork  of  Trinity  river.  Said  street  to  be  called 
Weatlienord  Road. 

Be  it  ordained  ly  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

SECTION  1.  That  a  street  sixty  feet  wide  be  opened  and  es- 
tablished from  the  west  line  of  the  S.  G.  Jennings  survey  to  the 
east  bank  ©f  the  Clear  Fork  of  Trinity  River.  The  center  line 
of  said  street  to  run  as  follows,  to-wit:  Beginning  on  the  west 
line  of  the  S.  (*.  Jennings  surrey  at  a  point  thirty  teet  north  of 
the  northwest  corner  of  block  39  ;  thence  due  west  one  hundred 

B.  A.   and  fifty  feet,  thence  due  south  three  hundred  and  sixty-two  and 

O.139.  one-half  feet  to  the  continuation  ot  the  south  line  of  said  block 
39,  thence  in  a  southerly  direction  with  the  meanderings  of  the 
bluff  to  the  north  line  of  the  Texaa  and  Pacific  railroad  dona- 
tion, thence  west  with  the  north  line  of  said  railroad  donation  to 
the  east  bank  of  the  Clear  Fork  of  Trinity  river,  thence  up  the 
bank  of  said  stream  to  the  old  VanZandt  crossing  of  Clear  Fork 
river. 

B.  A.          SEC.  2.    That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 

^•1|9.  an(j  after  its  passage. 

Approved  January  16, 1878, 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH.  RT 


ORDINANCE   NO.  CXXVIII. 


An  Ordinance  entitled  An  Ordinance  assessing  and  regulating  the  taxes  ror  grading,  pav- 
ing and  guttering  and  curbing  on  Main,  Houston,  Weatneriord  and  cross  streets. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

SECTION  1.  Main  street,  Houston  street,  Weatberford  street, 
and  all  the  cross  streets  between  Rush  and  Tlirockmorton  streets 
inclusive,  to  fifteenth  street,  having  been  by  contract  with  and 
by  order  ot  the  city  council  of  said  city,  graded,  paved  and  gut- 
tered  arid  curbed,  and  an  estimate  of  the  costs  having  been  filed  0'.313. 
with  the  city  secretary  by  the  city  engineer  as  well  as  the  sizes  §  1. 
and  ownerships  of  property  fronting  and  being  on  said  streets. 
Therefore,  a  tax  of  one  third  the  estimated  costs  of  the  grading 
and  paving  of  said  streets  in  front  of  the  property  on  said  streets 
is  hereby  assessed  against  the  property  fronting  and  adjacent  to 
said  streets  so  graded  and  payed.  ^  B 

SEC.  2.    Said  tax  shall  "be  collected  one-fifth  annually,  and  O.313. 
shall  be  paid  on  or  by  the  first  day  of  March,  of  each  year  after    §  2. 
the  levy  of  this  tax. 

SEC.  3.    The  lists  of  the  lots  so  placed  on  file  in  the  ofiice  of 
the  city  secretary,  which  said  list  embraces  all  the  lots  on  Main,  Q  31^' 
Houston  and  Weatherford,  and  cross  streets  between  Throck-     g  3. 
morton  and  Rusk  streets,  all  of  which  front  on  and  are  adjacent 
to  said  work  so  constructed  by  the  city  council  of  the  city  of 
Fort  Worth  is  hereby  referred  to  and  made  a  part  of  this  ordi- 
nance. 

SEE.  4.    It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  officer  collecting  the  tax  B.   r». 
herein  levied  to  notify  the  owner  ot  said  property  by  postal  card  °'3*3> 
of  this  levy  and  the  amount  of  tax  due  on  his  or  her  property 
by  reason  of  tnis  levy,  and  where  payable. 

SEC.  5.    A  tax  of  one-thirfl  the   cost  of  the  work  done  in  **•*]' 
front  of  the  property  respectively  is  assessed  against  said  prop-     a  5  ' 
erty  as  follows  as  per  list  hereto  ottached  marked  Exhibit  A,  and 
considered  a  part  hereof. 

Passed  November  22, 1883. 


1*8;  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CXXIX. 

An  Ordinance  for  the  Protection  of  payed  streets. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth : 

SECTION  1.    That  it  shall  be  a  misdemeanor  to  do  or  cause 
B.  B.   to  be  done  any  of  the  following  acts,  except  as  herein  pioyided, 
®-®j?'  and  any  and  all  persons  guilty  thereof,  upon  arrest  and  conric 
tion,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  from  five  to  twenty-five  dollars. 
SEK.  2.    That  any  plumber,  or  other  person,  desiring  to  cut 
'B,  Bl  or  open  any  street  in  the  city  of  Fort  Worth,  which  has  been 
O.31'3,  paved  or  graded,  for  the  purpose  of  laying  in  gas,  water  or  sewer 
2  *•    pipe,  or  for  any  other  purpose  whatever,  shall  first  obtain  a  per- 
mit from  the  city  engineer  to  open  the  street. 

SEC.  3.  That  when  any  street  has  been  cut  or  opened,  as 
aforesaid,  for  the  purpose  of  laying  in  gas,  water  or  sewer  pipes 
or  ior  other  purposes,  the  party  or  parties  doing  the  same  shall 
puddle  and  ram  the  back  filling  so  as  to  prevent  the  street  set- 
O  313*  fc^r-g  at  ^e  P^ace  cuti  an(*  stone  or  gravel  pave:nents  taken  up 
§  3,  shall  be  restored  with  similar  workmanship  and  material  to  that 
existing  in  the  pavements  before  they  were  torn  up  ;  all  the 
work  to  be  replaced  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  city  engineer, 
whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  inspect  the  same  after  it  is  done,  and 
to  be  completed  and  replaced  within  the  time  specified  in  the 
permit. 

SEC:  4.    In  all  cases  where  the  surface  of  the  street  is  dis- 
B.   B.  tnrbed,  whether  paved  or  unpaved,  the  party  or  parties  so  cut- 
(1^    ting  or  opening  the  street  shall  place  lights  at  night  and  main- 
tain suitable  barracades  to  protect  persons  from  danger,   and 
leave  the  street  in  as  good  condition  as  before  it  was  disturbed. 
2'31?\         SE@.  5.    That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
*  ^ '  and  after  its  paublication. 

Passed  December  18, 1883, 


VKDINAXCES  OF  TUB  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH.  lf» 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CXXX. 


An  Orlioance  eutltleJ  \n  Ordinance  assessing  and  regniattner  the  tixei  for  ^ralta?,  £iit  — 
lerlntf  gravdUci?  and  curnlug  fc'ifteentli  street,  from  it  ink  strewn  to  tiie  a  air,  Colorado 
aud  Sauui  *'ee  Kali  way 


j?0  t<  ordained  by  the  City  Council,  of  ike  city  of  Fort  Worth'. 

SECTION  1.    Fifteenth  street  from  Rusk  street  to  the  Gulf. 
Colorado  and  Santa  Fe  depot  having  been  by  contract  with  and 
by  order  of  said  city,  graded,  graeled  and  guttered  and  curbed, 
and  an  estimate  of  the  cost  having  been  filed  with  the  city  sec-  B.   T:. 
retary,  bjr  the  engineer,  as  well  as  the  sizes  and  ownerships  of    ^  j 
the  property  fronting  and  being  on  said  streets.    Therefore,  a  tax 
of  one-third  of  the  estimated  cost  of  grading  and  graveling  of 
said  streets  in  front  of  property  on  said  streets  is  hereby  assessed 
against  the  property  fronting  and  adjacent  to  said  streets  so 
graded  and  graveled. 

SEC.  2,  Said  tax  shall  be  collected  one-fifth  annually,  and  B.  B. 
shall  be  paid  on  or  by  the  first  day  of  March  each  year  after  the  **  '  ^ 
levy  of  this  tax. 

SEC.  3.    The  list  of  the  lots  so  placed  on  file  in  the  office  of 
the  city  secretary,  which  said  list  embraces  all  the  lots  on  Fif-  B.    B. 
teenth  street  from  Rusk  street  to  the  Gulf,  Colorado  and  Santa  O.315. 
Fe  railway  depot,  all  of  which  front  on  or  adjacent  to  said  w©rk 
so  constructed  by  the  citv  councial  of  the  city  of  Fort  \Yorth  is 
hereby  referred  to  and  made  a  part  of  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  4.    It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  officer  collecting  the  tax   „     ^ 
herein  levied  to  notify  the  owners  of  said  property  by  postal  <j.315. 
card  of  this  levy  and  the  amount  of  tax  due  on  his  or  her  pro-     I  -1. 
perty  by  reason  of  this  levy,  and  when  payable. 

SEC.  5.  A  tax  of  one  thirc  the  cost,  of  the  work  done  in  front  Q  31?" 
of  property  respectively  is  assessed  against  said  property  as  per  g  5  " 


no 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 


list  hereto  attached  and  marked  Exhibit  A,  and  considered  a  part 
hereof: 


iXHIBIT  A. 


TOTAL  COST 
IMPROVEMENTS. 


s 

NO,  Lot. 

43 
£ 

Total  Front 

Fifteenth 
street. 

Dollars. 

«.- 

Dl. 
Dl. 
D2. 
El. 
El. 
E2.. 
E2.. 

1 
40 
189 
8 
10 
1 
9 

100 
100 
200 
100 
100 
100 
100 

800 

$250  43 
250  43 
500  86 
238  31 
238  24 
238  34 
23S  34 

$83 
53 
166 
7» 
79 
79 
79 

43 
41 

86 
45 
45 
4"> 
45 

Passed  January  7, 1884. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CXXXI. 


iv  r. 

( >.3%. 
I   1. 


I*.    B. 

0.335. 
§  2. 

15.    E. 
0.335, 

fc   3. 


An  Ordinance  entitled  An  Ordinance  assessing  and  regulating  the  tax  for  gradlug,  grav- 
eling, guttering  and  cur  Ding  on  Twelfth  street. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worih\\ 

SECTION  1.  Twelfth  street  from  Rusk  street  to  the  Gulf, 
Colorado  and  Santa  Fe  railway  having  been  by  contract  with 
ftnd  by  order  of  the  city  council  of  said  city,  graded,  graveled, 
guttered  and  curbed,  and  an  estimate  of  the  cost  having  been 
filed  with  the  city  secretary  by  the  city  engineer  as  well  as  the 
sizes  and  ownerships  of  the  property  fronting  and  being  on  said 
street.  Therefore,  a  tax  of  onerthird  the  estimated  cost  of  tLe 
grading  and  graveling  of  said  street  in  front  of  the  property 
on  said  street  is  hereby  assessed  against  the  property  fronting 
and  adjacent  to  said  street  so  graded  and  graveled. 

SEC.  2.  Said  tax  shall  be  collected  one-fifth  annually,  and 
shall  be  paid  on  or  by  the  first  day  of  March  of  each  year  after 
the  levy  of  this  tax. 

SEC.  3.  The  list  of  the  lots  so  placed  on  file  in  the  office  of 
the -city-- secretary-^,  which  said  list  embraces  all  the  lots  on  twelfth 
street  from. Rvsk  street  to  the  Gulf,  Colorado  and  Santa  Fe  rail- 
way, all  of  which  front  on  and  are  adjacent  to  said  work  so  con- 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT.  WORTH.  171J 

structed  by  the  city  council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth  is  hereby 
referred  to  and  made  a  part  of  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  4.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  officer  collecting  the  tax  B    j, 
herein  levied  to  notify  the  owners  of  said  property  by  postal  CXSHol 
card  of  this  levy  and  the  amount  of  tax  due  on  his  or  her  pro-  -  §  4. 
perty  by  reason  of  this  levy  and  when  payable. 

SEC.  5.    A  tax  of  one  third  the  cost  of  the  work  done  in  B.   B, 
front  of  the  property  respectively  is  assessed  against  said  pro-  O.335, 
perty  as  follows,  as  per  list  hereto  attached,  marked  Exhibit  A, 
and  considered  a  part  hereof. 

Passed  July  15, 1884. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CXXXII. 


An  Ordinance  entitled  An  Ordinance  assessing  ard  regulating  the  taxes  for  grading, 
graveling,  guttering  and  curbing  on  Jones  street. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

SECTION  1.    Jones  street  from  the  Texas  and  Pacific  dona- 
tion to  Fifteenth  street,  having  been  by  contract  with  and  by 
order  of  the  cily  council  of  said  city  graded,  graveled,  guttered 
and  curbed,  and  an  estimate  ot  the  cost  having  been  filed  with 
the  city  secretary  by  the  city  engineer  as  well  as  the  sizes  and  S'gJ!* 
ownerships  of  the  property  fronting  and  being  on  said  street,     g  ]/ 
Therefore,  a  tax  of  one-third  the  estimated  cost  of  grading  and 
graveling  of  said  street  in  front  of  the  property  on  said  street 
is  hereby  assessed  against  the  property  fronting  and  adjacent  to 
said  street  so  graded  and  graveled. 

SEC.  2.  Said  tax  shall  be  collected  one-fifth  annually  and  B.  B. 
shall  be  paid  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  March  of  each  year  ^'3|6t 
after  the  levy  of  this  tax. 

SEC.  3.    The  lists  of  lots  so  placed  on  file  in  the  office  of  the 
city  secretary,  which  said  list  embraces  all  the  lots  on  Jones  Q  33^ 
street  from  the  Texas  and  Pacific  donation  to  Fiteenth  street,  all     g'  3. ' 
of  which  front  on  and  are  adjacent  to  said  work  so  constructed 


172  OKDIRASCES  Vf  THE  C*  TY  OF  fOJiT  VTOXTJJ. 

by  the  city  council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth  is  hereby  referred 
to  and  made  a  part  of  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  4.    It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  officer  collecting  the  tax 
B.   B.  herein  levied  to  notify  the  owners  of  said  property  by  postal 
.;  ^ '  card  of  this  levy  and  the  amount  of  tax  due  on  his  or  her  pro- 
perty by  reason  of  this  levy  and  when  payable. 

SEC.  5.    A  tax  ot  one-third  the  cost  of  the  work  done  in  front 
B.    B.  °f  *ne  property  respectively  is  assessed  against  said  property  as 
O.I 36.  follows  as  per  list  hereto  attached,  marked  Exhibit  A.  and  con- 
*         sidered  a  part  hereof. 

Passed  July  15,  18S4. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CXXXIIL 


An  OrdlEsnre  eriltled  An  Oidlnance  assessing  and  regulating  the  taxes  for  gradlnd  and 
giavellLg  iiie  alley  betuteu  \VeaiherioidandFirstbtreet3. 

Be  it  ordained  by  tlie  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

SECTION  1.    That  the  alley  between  Wcatherford  and  First 
streets  having  been  by  contract  with  and  by  order  ot  the  city 
council  of  said  city,  graded  and  graveled  and  an  estimate  of  the 
B.    B.  cost  having  been  filed  with  the  city  secretary  by  the  city  engi- 
O.337.    neer  as  well  as  the  sizes  and  ownerships  ot  the  property  fronting 
»  j"     and  being  on  said  street.    Therefore,  a  tax  of  one-third  the  esti- 
mated costs  of  the  grading  and  graveling  of  said  street  in  front 
of  the  property  on  said  street  is  hereby  assessed  against  the  pro- 
perty fronting  and  adjacent  to  said  street  so  graded  and  graveled. 
,  SEC.  2.     Said  tax  shall  be  collected  one-fifth  annually  and 

O*337.  shall  be  paid  on  or  by  the  first  day  of  March  of  each  year  after 
\  2.     the  levy  of  this  tax. 

SEC.  3-    The  list  of  the  lots  so  placed  on  file  in  the  office  of 

the  city  secretary,  which  said  list  embraces  all  the  lots  on  the 

**•  tB-  alley  as  aforesaid,  all  ol  which  front  on  are  adjacent  to  said  work 

a*  3  '  so  constructed  by  the  city  council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth  is 

hereby  referred  to  and  made  a  part  of  this  ordinance. 

Stc.  4.    It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  officer  collecting  the  tax 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH.  ITS 

herein  levied  to  notify  the  owners  of  said  property  by  postal  B-  **• 
card  of  this  levy  and  the  amount  of  tax  due  on  his  or  her  pro-  a  4'" 
perty  by  reason  ot  this  levy  and  when  payable. 

Sic.  5.     A  tax  of  one-third  the  cost  of  the  work  done  in  B.   EL 
front  of  the  property  respectively  is  assessed  against  said  ,pro-  '^-337- 
perty  as  follows  as  per  list  hereto  attached  marked  Exhibit  A,    *  ' 
and  considered  a  part  hereof. 

Passed  July  15, 1884. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CXXXIV, 


An  Ordinance  to  enforce  the  observance  of  the  sabbath. 

Be  it  ordained  ly  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth:        * 

SEKTION  1.    That  any  person  who  shall  hereafter  labor  or  ~ 
compel,  force  or  oblige  his  employes,  workmen  or  apprentices  to  o'.215l 
labor  on  Sunday  in  this  city  shall   be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misde-    1  1. 
meanor,  and  on  conviction  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  ten  nor 
more  than  fifty  dollars. 

SEC.  2,  The  preceeding  section  shall  not  apply  to  household 
duties,  works  of  necessity  or  charitv,  nor  to  necessary  work  on 
farms  or  gardens  in  order  to  prevent  the  loss  of  any  crop;  nor  to 
the  running  of  railroad  or  street  cars,  wagon  trains,  common  car- 
riers ;  nor  to  the  delivery  of  goods  by, or  the  receiving  or  storing  B.  A. 
of  said  goods  by  the  parties  os  their  agents  to  whom  said-goods  H'V^' 
are  delivered  ;  nor  to  stages  carrying  the  United  States  mail  or 
passengers,  nor  to  persons  traveling;  nor  to  keepers  of  hotels, 
boarding  houses  and  restaurants  and  their  servants,  nor  to  any 
person  who  conscientiously  believes  that  the  seventh -or  any 
other  day  of  the  week  ought  to  be  observed  as  the  Sabbath,  and 
who  actually  refrains  from  business  or  labor  on  that  day 'for  such 
reason. 

SEC.  3.  Any  person  who  shall  run  or  be  engaged  in  running  B.  A. 
any  horso  race,  or  who  shall  permit  or  allow  the  use  of  any  nine  O.215. 
or  ten-pin  alley,  or  who  shall  be  engaged  in  match  shooting  or  &  >* 


174  OKDINAXCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WO.'tTB. 

any  species  of  gaming  for  money  or  other  consideration  within 
the  limits  of  this  city  on  Sunday,  shall  be  deemed  quiity  of  a 
misdemeanor,  and  on  conviction  shall  be  fined  not  less  than 
twenty  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

SEC,  4.    Any  merchant,  grocer  or  dealer  in  wares  or  mer- 
chandise, or  trader  in  any  lawful  business  whatsoever  who  shall 
B.  A.   barter  or  sell  on  Sunday,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  twenty  nor 
O.215.   more  t}ian  fifty  dollars.    Provided, 'that  this  section  shall  not  ap- 
ply to  markets  or  dealers  in  provisions  as  to  sales  made  by  them 
before  nine  o'clock  a.  m. 

j>    A  SKC.  5.    The  preceeding  section  shall  not  apply  to  the  sale 

O.215.  of  drugs  and  medicines  on  Sunday,  nor  to  the  sale  of  milk,  ice 
§  5.     an(j  newspapers. 

B.   A.  SEC.  6.    That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 

^~/'5    an(^  a^er  *ts  publication  as  required  by  law. 
Approved  December  4, 1879. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CXXXV. 


An  Ordinance  to  regulate  the  pale  of  spirituous,  vinous  or  malt  liquors  or  medicated  bit- 
ters, and  to  flx  tlie  rate  tf  occupation  tax  upon  person4  engaged  In  tlie  sale  or  tald 
liquors. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

SECTION  1.  That  hereafter  there  shall  be  levied  upon  and 
collected  Irom  any  person,  firm  or  association  of  persons,  en- 
gaged or  engaging  in  the  business  of  selling  spirituous,  vinous 
or  malt  liquor  or  medicated  bitters  an  annual  tax  upon  every 
such  occupation  or  separate  establishment  as  follows,  to-wit : 
For  selling  spirituous,  vinous  or  malt  liquors  or  medica- 
B.  A.  ted  bitters  in  quantities  less  than  one  quart,  $150.00 

O.25?.  For  selling  such  liquors  or  medicated  bitters  in  quantities 

of  one  quart  and  less  than  five  gallons,  -     100.00 

For  selling  such  liquors  or  medicated  bitters  in  quantities 

of  five  gallons  or  more,     -  *  150.00 

For  selling  malt  liquors  exclusively,  an  annual  tax  of    -      25.00 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH.  175 

Provided,  that  nothing  in  this  section  shall  be  construed  as  to 
prevent  wholesale  liquor  dealers  or  merchants  who  pay  occupa- 
tion tax  as  such  from  selling  unbroken  packages  containing  less 
than  five  gallons  without  being  required  to  pay  an  additional  tax 
as  quart  dealers.  _ 

SEC.  2.    There  being  an  emergency,  this  ordinance  shall  take  o".252! 
effect  and  be  in  force  from  and  after  its  passage.  §  2. 

Approved  Sune  10,1881. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CXXXVI. 


An  Ordinance  In  regard  to  the  levying  of  tbe  occupation  tax. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

SECTION  1.  That  there  shall  be  and  is  hereby  levied  an 
annual  occupation  tax  on  and  to  be  collected  from  eyery  person, 
firm,  company,  corporation  or  association  of  persons  pursuing 
any  of  the  following  named  occupations  in  the  city  of  Fort  Worth 
an  annual  tax.  except  where  herein  otherwise  provided  on  every 
such  occupation  or  separate  establishment  as  follows  :  From 
every  merchant  whose  purchases  amount  to  one  hundred  thou- 
sand dollars  annually,  $62.50;  from  every  merchant  whose  pur- 
chases  amount  to  fifty  thousand  dollars,  $30;  from  every  mer- 
chant  whose  annual  purchases  amount  to  twenty-five  thousand 
dollars,  $12.50,  from  every  merchant  whose  annual  purchases 
amount  to  fifteen  thousand  dollars,  $10;  from  every  merchant 
•whose  annual  purchases  amount  to  ten  thousand  dollars,  $6; 
from  every  merchant  whose  annual  purchases  amount  to  five 
thousand  dollars,  $3;  from  every  meachant  whose  annual  pur- 
chases amount  to  two  thousand  dollars  or  less,  $1.50. 

A  merchant,  within  the  meaning  of  this  ordinance,  is  any 
person,  firm  or  association  of  persons  or  corporation  engaged  in 


17«  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 

buying  and  selling  goods,  wares  and  merchandise  of  any  kind 
whatever. 

From  every  traveling  person  selling  patent  or  other  medi- 
cines, $87.50;  and  no  traveling  person  shall  stll  until  said  tax  is 
paid;  provided,  that  this  tax  shall  not  apply  to  commercial  trav- 
elers, drummers  or  salesmen  making  sales  or  soliciting  trade  for 
merchants  engaged  in  selling  drugs  or  medicines  who  shall  be 
taxed  as  other  drummers.  From  every  fortune-teller,  $87.50; 
from  every  clairvoyant  or  mesmerist,  who  plies  his  or  her  voca- 
tion for  money,  an  annual  tax  of  $50;  from  every  person,  firm 
or  association  of  persons  engaged  in  discounting  and  shaving 
paper  or  engaged  in  business  as  money  brokers  or  bankers  or  in 
buying  and  selling  bonds,  state  or  county,  warrants  or  other 
claims  against  the  state,  an  annual  tax  of  $4:0;  from  every  opera- 
tor or  owner  of  any  dafiuerrian,  photograph  or  other  such  like 
gallery,  by  whatever  name  called,  an  annual  tax  of  $7;  and  from 
every  person  soliciting  work  for  and  daguerrian,  photograph  or 
other  such  like  gallery  or  for  persons  engaged  in  the  business  of 
copying  or  enlarging  pictures  or  photographs  of  any  character, 
where  such  gallery  is  not  situated  in  or  such  business  is  not  111 
the  county  in  which  he  solicits  such  work  $3.50;  from  every  auc- 
tioneer, an  annual  tax  of  $22.50;  from  every  keeper  of  a  toll 
bridge,  an  annual  tax  of  $3.50;  from  every  person,  firm  or  asso- 
ciation of  persons  selling  upon  camn?issiont  an  annual  tax  of 
$3.50;  from  land  agents  there  shall  be  levied  and  collected  an 
collected  an  annual  tax  of  $2.50;  the  term  land  agent  shall  be 
construed  to  mean  ar.y  person,  firm  or  association  of  persons 
performing  tor  compensation  any  of  the  following  services:  Pur- 
chasing or  selling  ivjal  estate  for  others;  purchasing  or  selling 
land  certificates  for  others.  But  this  term,  land  agent,  shall  not 
be  so  construed  as  to  levy  any  tax  upon  attorneys  in  addition  to 
the  one  hereinafter  levied.  From  every  person  practicing  law, 
$2.50;  provided,  said  person  lives  in  said  city  of  Fort.  Worth- 
From  every  physician,  surgeon,  occulist  or  medical  specialist  of 
any  kind,  traveling  from  place  to  place  in  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession, an  annual  tax  of  $40,  from  every  dentist  an  annual  tax 
of  $2.51),  provided,  he  resides  in  said  city  of  Fort  Worth.  From 
every  other  person,  or  firm  or  association  of  persons,  pursuing 
the  occupation  of  posting  up  advertising  bills  or  notices,  tacking 
up  advertising  cards  or  notices  of  tin,  wood  or  other  material, 
printing  or  lettering  worls  or  pictures  oa  fences  or  other  places 


ORDINANCES  OF  TUB  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH.  \\1 

as  a  means  of  advertising,  the  sum  of  $4;  provided,  that  this 
clause  shall  not  be  so  constructed  as  to  tax  persons  advertising 
their  own  business;  from  every  person  or  firm  keeping  a  shooting 
gallery  at  which  a  fee  is  paid  or  demanded,  an  annual  tax  of  $16. 

For  every  billiard  table,  bagatelle,  pigeon  hole,  devil  among 
the  tailors,  or  Jenny  Lind  table,  or  anything  of  the  kind  used 
for  profit,  an  annual  tax  of  $10;  and  any  such  table  used  in  con- 
nection with  any  drinking  saloon  or  other  places  of  business 
where  intoxicating  liquors  are  sold  or  given  away,  or  upon  which 
any  money  or  other  thing  of  value  is  paid,  shall  be  regarded  as 
used  for  profit. 

For  every  person,  firm  or  association  of  persons  selling,  or  of- 
fering for  sale  illustrated  Police  News,  Police  Gazettes  or  other  il- 
lustrated publications  of  like  character,the  sum  of  $500  annual  tax. 
For  every  person  or  persons  who  shall  sell  pools  on  horse  races 
$2  50  for  each  and  everv  day  they  may  so  sell  said  pools;  for  every 
nine  or  ten-pin  alley,  or  any  other  alley  used  for  profit,  by  what- 
ever name  called,  constructed  or  operated  upon  the  principal  of 
bouling  alley  and  upon  which  balls  are  rolled,  without  regard  to 
the  number  of  pins  used,  or  whether  pins  are  used  or  not,  or 
whether  the  balls  are  rolled  by  hand  or  with  a  cue,  an  annual 
tax  of  $500;  any  such  alley  used  in  connection  with  any  drinking 
saloon  or  any  drug  store,  where  intoxicating  liquors  are  sold  or 
given  away,  or  upon  which  any  money  or  thing  of  value  is  paid, 
shall  be  regarded  as  used  for  profit;  from  all  persons  keeping  or 
using  for  profit  any  Hobby  Horse  or  Flying  Jennie,  or  device  of 
that  character,  with  or  without  name,  an  annual  tax  of  $16;  from 
every  foot  peddler,  $5;  from  every  peddler  with  one  horse  or  one 
yoke  of  oxen,  $15;  from  every  peddler  with  two  horses  or  two 
yokes  of  oxen,  $30.  Provided,  nothing  herein  contained  shall 
be  so  construed  as  to  include  traveling  vendors  of  tin  or  earthen 
ware.  Provided,  that  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  so  con- 
strued as  to  include  traveling  vendors  of  literature  exclusively 
religious  in  character,  or  traveling  vendors  of  fruit  trees  exclu- 
sively. For  every  theatre  or  dramatic  representation  from  which 
pay  for  admission  is  demanded  or  received,  one  dollar  for  each 
day  they  may  periorin,  or  $25  per  quarter.  Provided  that  theat- 
rical or  dramatic  representations  given  by  performers  for  instruc- 
tion  only  or  entirely  for  charitable  purposes,  shall  not  be  herein 
included. 

For  every  circus  where  equestrian  or  acrobatic  feats  and 


ITS  ORDIXAITCJSS  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 

performances  are  exhibited,  for  which  pay  for  admission  is  re 
ceived  or  demanded  for  each  performance  thereof,  $25,  notwith- 
standing more  than  one  performance  may  take  place  daily;  for 
every  exhibition  where  acrobatic  feats  are  performed  for  profit, 
not  connected  with  the  circus,  $5  for  each  performance,  for  every 
slight-of-hand  performance  or  exhibition  of  legerdemain,  $5, 
for  every  fight  between  men  and  bulls,  or  between  dogs  and 
bulls,  or  between  bears  and  dogs,  or  between  bulls  and  any  other 
animals,  $250  for  each  performance  per  year;  for  every  cock  pit, 
when  kept  for  profit  or  upon  which  money  or  thing  of  value  is 
bet  or  paid,  $12.50,  for  every  menagerie,  wax-work  or  exhibition 
of  any  kind,  where  a  separate  fee  for  admission  is  demanded  or 
received,  $5  for  every  day  on  which  fees  for  such  admission  are 
received.  Provided,  that  exhibitions  by  associations,  organized 
for  promotion  of  art,  science,  charity  or  benevolence,  shall  be 
exempt  from  taxation.  For  every  concert,  where  a  tee  for  ad- 
mission is  demanded  or  received,  $1.  Provided,  that  entertain, 
ments  when  given  by  the  citizens  for  charitable  purposes  or  for 
the  support  or  aid  of  library  or  associations,  are  excepted. 

For  every  livery  or  feed  stable,  fifteen  cents  for  each  hack, 
buggy  or  other  vihicle  let  for  hire  not  connected  with  a  livery 
stable,  $1;  Tor  every  wagon  yard  not  connected  with  a  livery  or 
feed  or  sale  stable,  $2.50. 

For  every  life  insurance  company  doing  business  in  said 
city,  $7  annual  tax;  lor  every  fire  or  marine  or  guarantee  insur- 
ance company,  an  annual  tax  of  $7. 

From  every  person,  firm  or  association  of  persons  dealing 
in  lightning  rods,  an  annual  tax  of  $18;  from  every  person  or 
persons,  firm  or  association  of  persons  following  the  occupation 
of  cotton  broker,  cotton  factor  and  commission  merchant,  an  an- 
nual tax  of  §17.50.  Provided  that  a  merchant  who  pays  an  oc- 
-  cupation  tax  as  herein  prescribed,  shall  not  be  considered  as  a 
cotton  buyer.  From  every  person,  firm  or  association  of  persons 
dealing  in  sewing  machines,  an  annual  tax  of  $7;  from  every 
person  canvassing  for  the  sale  of  sewing  machines,  an  annual 
tax  of  §7.  Provided,  a  merchant  who  pays  an  occupation  taxas 
required  by  this  section,  shall  not  be  required  to  pay  this  special 
tax  for  selling  sewing  machines. 

From  each  telephone  company  doing  business  in  the  city, 
$10;  from  each  gas  company  manufacturing  gas,  an  annual  tax 
of  §17.50.  Provieed,  that  the  fact  that  a  tax  is  levied  by  this 


OF  THE  CITY  OF  FOET  WORTH. 


ordinance  upon  Bagatelle,  Pigeon  Hole,  Devil  Among  the  Tail- 
ors, Jenny  Lincl  tables,  or  anything  ot  the  kind  used  for  profit 
and  upon  any  nine  or  ten-pin  alley  or  other  alley  used  for  profit^ 
shall  not  be  construed  to  exempt  from  the  punishment  pre- 
scribed by  law  any  person  who  may  violate  any  of  the  provis- 
ions of  chapter  .three  of  the  Penal  Code.  Provided,  further,  that 
this  ordinance  shall  not  be  construed  to  prevent  persons  or  firms 
of  persons  who  pay  an  occupation  tax  for  persuing  the  occupa- 
tion of  a  merchant  in  said  city  of  Fort  Worth  from  soliciting 
trade  within  the  corporate  limits  of  said  city. 

SEC.  0.  That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law. 

Approved  October  18,  1SS2, 


OltDlNAXCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WOXTB. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CXXXVII. 

To  provide  for  tne  levy  and  collection -of  an  advalcrem  and  poll  tax  for  the  year  A.  p,  188 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

•SECTION  1.    There  shall  be  collected  an  annual  direct  adva- 

lorem  municipal  tax  of  two-fifths  of  one  per  cent,  of  the  cash 

value  thereof  estimated,  in  lawful  currency  of  the  United  States, 

B.   B.  on  real  property  situated  in  and  on  all  moveable  property  owned 

H'3^1'  in  this  city  on   the  first  day  of  January,  A.  D.  1884,  except  so 

much  thereof  as  may  be  exempted  by  the  constitution  aad  laws 

of  the  State  of  Texas,  which  cRsh  value  shall  be  estimated  in 

lawful  currency  of  the  United  States. 

SEC,  2.    There  shall  be  levied  and  collected  an  annual  direct 

special  advalorem  tax  of  one-half  of  one  per  cent,  of  the  cash 

l>    -p    value  thereof,  in  lawful  currency  of  the  United  States,  on  all 

O.341.  real  property  situated,  and  movable  property  owned  in  this  city 

§  2     on  the  first  day  of  January,  A.  D.  1884,  except  so  much  thereof 

as  may  be  exempted  by  the  constitution  and  laws  of  the  State  of 

Texas;  said  tax  being  as  a  public  building  fund. 

SEC.  3.    There  shall  be  levied  and  collected  an  annual  direct 

special  advalorem  tax  of  two-fifths  ot  one  per  cent  of  the  cash 

value  thereof  in  lawful  currency  of  the  United  States,  on  all 

P^   j>^  real  property  situated,  and  all  movable  property  owned,  in   this 

O.S41.  city  on  the  first  day  of  January,  A.  D.  1884,  except  so  much 

2  3-     thereof  as  may  be  exempted  by  the  constitution  and  laws  of  the 

State  of  Texas ;  said  special  tax  being  lor  the  support  and  main- 

tainance  of  public  Free  schools  in  said  city. 

SEC.  4.    There  shall  be  leyied  and  collected  an  annual  direct 

special  advalorem  tax  of  two-fifths  of  one  per  cent,  of  the  cash 

O  34]     va^ue  thereof  in  lawful  currency  of  the  United  States  on  all  real 

g  4.  *  property  situated  in  and  all  movable  property  owned  in  this  city 

on  the  first  day  of  January,  A.  D.  1884,  except  so  much  thereof 

as  may  be  exempted  by  the  constitution  and  laws  of  the  State  of 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WCRTH.  181 

Texas.  Said  special  tax  being  for  the  purpose  of  paying  the  in- 
terest on  the  out  standing  bonded  indeptedness  to-wit:  The  one 
hundred  and  ninety  thousand  dollars  in  bonds  of  the  city  of  Fort 

Worth,  which  said  bonds  were  issued  on  the day  of A. 

D.  1883,  for  street  improvement  and  sewerage;  also  for  the  creat- 
ing of  a  sinking  fund  of  two  per  cent,  on  said  amount  as  pro- 
vided in  Ordinance  No.  293. 

SEC.  5.    There  shall  be  levied  and  collected  from  every  mail 
person  between  the  age  of  twenty  one  and  sixty  years  of  age, 
resident  in  this  city  on  the  first  day  of  January,  A,  D.  1884,  an  §'3^' 
annual  poll  tax  of  one  dollar  each.    Provided,  the  following  pei-    §  5..* 
sons  are  exempt  from  poll  tax,  to-wit:    Insane,  blind,  deaf  and 
dumb  persons,  and  those  who  have  only  one  hand  or  one  foot. 

Sic.  6.    That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  passage. 

Passed  August  5,  1884. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CXXXVI1I. 


An  Ordinance  regulating  job  wagons  and  street  backs,  and  establishing  a  license  on  tfee 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  fort  Worth: 

SICTION  1.    Hereafter  there  shall  be  collected  an  occupation  B.   B. 
tax  of  fifteen  dollars  per  annum  from  each  party  who  run  a  Job  O.317, 
wagon  or  float,  which  said  amounts  shall  be  collected  on  each     ^ 
job  or  express  wagon  or  float  so  run  by  any  person. 

SBC*  2.    There  shall  be  collected  from  each  party  or  person   B,   B. 
who  runs  a  carriage  or  street  hack  for  hi  re  in  said  city,  an  annual  *."^" 
occupation  tax  of  thirty  dollars  for  each  carriage  or  hack  so  ran 
by  said  person. 

Sic.  3.    It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  tax  assessor  and  collector 
to  give,  without  charge,  to  each  party  who  pays  an  occupation  B    ~ 
tax  on  such  job  or  express  wagon  a  number  for  him  to  place  on   (X317.* 
his  said  wagon,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  assessor  and  col-     §  3. 
lector  to  keep  a  record  of  the  numbers  so  made  out  and  deliv- 
ered to  the  party  paying  said  tax. 

Sic.  4.    The  assessor  and  collector  shall  also  deliver,  with* 


1S2  OI1D1NAXCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WOJtTIJ. 

j,     B    out  charge,  to  each  party  paying:  a  tax,  as  indicated  in  Section 
O.317.  2,  a  number  to  be  placed  on  his  said  back  or  carriage,  and  like 
§  4      record  keep  as  is  mentioned  in  Section  3. 

SEC.  5.     Any  and  all  persons  running  a  hack,  carriage  or  ex- 
press or  job  wagon  in  said  city  for  hire  without  having  on  said 
O  317    v^hicle  tne  nu-mber  selected  for  him  by  the  assessor  and  collec- 
g  5.'   tor,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,   and  fined  in  any 
sum. not  exceeding  twenty-five  nor  less  that  five  dollars. 

SKC.  6.  Any  person  violating  section  one  or  two  of  this  or- 
dinance,  or  failing  to  pay  the  tax  therein  named,  while  engaged 
in  the  business  therein  indicated,  is  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor, 
0.  and  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  cot  exceeding  the  tax,  which  said 
amount  shall  be  remitted  upon  the  payment  of  the  said  tax  and 
costs  therein  incurred. 

SEC.  7.    That  the  tax  above  be   collected  semi-annually  in 
advance. 

SEC.  8.    That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  puublication  as  require  by  law. 
Passed  January  15, 1884. 


OKDINAXCE  SO.  CXXX1X. 


An  Ordinance  puttshlug  tL-e  keeper  of  varittj  slices,  theatres  and  tuch  like  places. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  .the  city  of  *  Fort  Worth: 

SECTION  I.     That  any  person  who  shall  keep  a  house  where 

leud,  indecent  or  immodtst  theatrical  representations  or  plays 

are   exhibited,   or   theatrical   representations  or  plays  in  which 

!*    A.  leud  women  or  prostitutes,  or  women  of  ill  fame  or  bad  repute 

take  part  or  aid.   or  where  singing  or  dancing  by  characters  is 

therein  permitted,  shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  be  fined  in.  any 

.sum  not  less  than  ten  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

T>.    A.  SEC.  2.     That   any  person   who   shall  exercise  control  over 

O.lll.   such  a  house,  or  who  shall  be  in  any  wise  concerned  or  interested 

•  2-     in  the  keeping  of  such  house,  or  shall  aid  persons  so   offending, 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH.  IS 3 

shalled  be  regarded  as  the  keeper  thereof,  within   the  meaning 
of  this  ordinance,  and  shall  be  punished  as  such. 

SEC.  3.    Any  person  who  shall  rent  a  house,  room  or  prem-  j>    A 
ises  to  another  to  be  used  for  the  purpose  mentioned  in  the  first   o*.215. 
section  of  this  ordinance,  shall  be  considered  as  an  aider  in  the     §  & 
commission  of  the  offense  defined  in  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  4.    That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law. 

Approved  May  31, 1877. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CXL. 


AT  Ordinance  prohibiting  variety  shows,  theatres,  concerts,  or  shows  of  any  kind  from 
t>elng  given  on  Sunday. 

Be  it  ordained  &?/  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

SECTION  1.    That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  per-  B.  A. 
sons  to  give,  have  or  exhibit  any  variety  show,  theatre,  concert,  tl'174' 
or  show  of  any  kind  on  Sunday  within  the  corporate  limits  of 
this  city. 

SEC.  2.    That  any  person  violating  the  provision  of  this  ordi-  B    A 
nance,  shall  de  declared  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  con-   O.124. 
viction  thereof,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  fifty  nor    §  -• 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars, 

SEC.  3.    That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law. 

Approved  September  13, 1877. 


1S4  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CXLI. 

An  ordinance  regulating  the  construction  of  theatres  and  public  halls. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

SECTION  1.  That  all  theatres  or  public  halls  in  this  city  open 
or  used  for  dramatic  or  other  entertainments,  shall  be  provided 
with  one  doorway  of  at  least  twelve  feet  in  width,  or  with  two 
doorwas  of  at  least  eight  feet  in  width,  each, 

SKC.  2.  That  all  doors  to  such  theatres  or  halls  shall  be  so 
arranged  as  to  open  outward  in  all  cases. 

SEC.  3  That  all  stairways  leading  to  the  doorway  of  any 
theatre  or  public  hall  in  this  city  shall  be  the  same  width  of  the 
doorway,  and  shall  be  built  firm  and  strong,  capable  of  bearing 
i  weight  equal  to  thirty  thousand  pounds.  All  stairways  shall 
be  provided  with  good  railings  on  all  sides. 

SEC.  4.  That  all  approaches  to  any  stairway  leading  to  anv 
theatre  or  public  or  public  hall  in  this  city  shall  be  at  least 
twelve  feet  in  width  and  shall  extend  unobstructed  from  the 
foot  of  the  stairway  ta  the  street. 

SEE.  5.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  marshal  to  no 
tify  all  owners  or  agents  of  any  theatres  or  public  hall  in  this 
city  of  the  requirements  of  this  ordinance,  and  to  inspect  all 
such  doorways,  stairways  and  approaches  and  report  any  refusal 
.or  neglect  of  any  owner  or  agent  of  such  theatre  or  public  hall 
to  the  city  attorney. 

SEC.  6*.  Any  owner  or  aajent  of  any  theatre  or  public  hall, 
without  complying  with  the  requirements  ot  this  ordinance, 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  ot  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  convition, 
shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  from  fity  to  one  hundred  dollars  tor 
each  offense,  and  each  entertainment  or  exhibition  shall  constitute 
an  offense. 

SEC.  7.  That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  publication  according  to  law. 

Passed  December  20, 1879. 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH.  185 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CXLII. 


An  Ordinance  prohibiting  certain  conduct  in  tueitr33  ancl  op3ra  homes  daring  perform- 
ances. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

SECTION  1.    That  any  person  or  persons  who  shall  be  guilty 
of  wilful  loud  talking,  laughing,  hissing,  whistling,  cat  calling, 
smoking,  throwing  paper  or  other  missiles  from  one  place  to  an- 
nother,  or  any  other  act  or  conduct  tending  to  harrass,  annoy  or 
disturb  any  of  the  spectators,  or  actors  or  performers  in  any  the-  5',J5" 
atre  or  opera  house  while  any  performance  is  going  on,  or  while     g0^ ' 
persons  are  assembled  for  the  purpose  of  witnessing  any  per- 
formance, shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon 
conviction  thereof  shall  be  fined  in  some  sum  not  less  than  ten 
dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars.  B.    B. 

SEC.  2.    That  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  O.322. 
from  and  after  its  publication  as  require  by  law. 

Passed  April  4, 1884. 


186  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CXLIII. 


An  Ordinance  regulating  theatres  and  yariety  shows  wliere  intoxicating  liquors  are  sold 
or  drank. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  .Council  of  ike  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

SECTION  1.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  per- 
sons to  give,  carry  on  or  maintain  in  this  city  any  theatre  or  va- 
riety show  in  any  house  or  place  where  intoxicating  liquors  are 
sold  or  drank  without  first  having  obtained  from  the  city  council 

I>.  A.  a  permit  to  give,  carry  on  or  maintain  said  theatre  or  variety 
a  i  show.  Provided,  that  no  permit  shall  be  valid  for  more  than 
three  months,  and  any  person  or  persons  violating  the  provisions 
ot  this  ordinance  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and 
upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than 
twenty-five  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

SEC.  2.  That  in  no  case  shall  the  city  council  give  the  per 
mit  required  in  the  foregoing  section  until  the  party  desiring  the 
same  shall  file  a  written  application  therefor,  accompanied  with 
the  receipt  of  the  assessor  and  collector  lor  the  sum  of  sixty-two 
dollars  and  fifty  cents,  the  amount  of  city  tax  for  theatres  for 
three  months,  and  the  written  consent  of  two-thirds  of  the  citi- 

O..227".  zens  living  within  one  block  ©f  the  house  or  place  where  such 
g  '2.  theatre  or  show  may  be  given,  and  shall  file  a  bond,  payable  to 
the  city  of  Fort  Worth  in  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  dol- 
lars, conditioned  that  he  or  they  will  pay  a  salary  of  forty  dol- 
lars per  month  to  a  policeman,  to  be  appointed  by  the  city 
council,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  be  and  remain  in  and  around 
*aid  house  or  place  where  such  theatre  or  shows  are  being  given 
and  preserve  order,  and  arrest  all  offenders  against  the  ordi- 
nances of  the  city  and  laws  of  the  State. 

B.   A.          SEC.  3.    That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 

(^-2J7-  and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law. 
Approved  April  SJl,  1880. 


ORDINA  NCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT    WORTH.  187 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CXLIV. 

An  Ordinance  regulating  railway  trains.* 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

SECTION  1.    That  any  person  or  company  who  shall,  in  this 
city,  run  or  cause  to  be  run  any  locomotive,  engine  or  car  at  a  0*95^ 
greater  rate  of  speed   than  six  miles  an  hour,  shall  be  deemed     §  1. 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  on  conviction  thereof,  be  fined  not 
less  than  one  nor  more  than  twenty-five  dollars. 

SEC.  2.    No  person  or  railroad  company  shall  obstruct  any 
street,  alley,  sidewalk  crossing  or  other  thoroughfare  of  said  city 
by  leaving  thereon  any  car  or  rolling  stock  for  a  longer  time   F>.   A. 
than  five  minutes;  or  to  stop,  or  cause  to  be  stopped,  any  rail-  °^?f* 
way  engine  or  car  across  any  street,  alley,  road,  highway  or 
other  passway  so  as  to  obstruct  or  interfere  with  free  passage 
thereon  for  a  longer  time  than  five  minutes  under  a  penalty  of 
not  less  than  one  ndr  more  than  twenty-five  dollars. 

SEC.  3.     Whoever,  not  being  an  employe  or  passenger  on  any  c    A 
railroad  car,  engine  or  tender  shall  jump  on  or  oil,  cling  to  or  O.256! 
hang  on  to  the  same  while  in  motion,  shall,  on  conviction  thereof,     §  3. 
be  fined  not  less  than  one  nor  more  than  twenty-five  dollars. 

SEC,  4.    Any  person  or  corporation  who  shall  conduct,  run 
or  cause  to  be  run,  any  railway  locomotive  or  engine  without 
ringing  a  bell  attached  thereto  before   starting,  and  all  the  time   rj'.>A' 
such  locomotive  or  engine  shall  b©  in  motion,  within  the  corpor-     ^"4  ' 
ate  limits  of  this  city,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor, 
and  on  conviction  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  one  dollar  nor  more 
thsn  twenty-five  dollars. 

SEC,  5.    All  railroad  companies  whose  tracks  now  or  may 
hereafter  enter  or  pass  through  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city 
of  Fort  Worth,  shall  respectively  construct,  repair,  keep  and  B.   A. 
maintain  good,  safe  and  sufficient  culverts,  crossings  and  bridges,  O.256. 
with  good,  safe  and  easy  approaches  taereto  on  all  public  alleys,     ^ 
streets  and  highways  where  the  respective  tracks  pass  under, 
across  or  over  any  alley,  street  or  highway  within  said  city. 


188  OHDINAXCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WOJiTlI. 

SEC.  6.     Whenever  any  crossing,  culvert  or  bridge  shall  be 
needed  upon  the  line  of  any  railroad  within  this  city,  or  the 
same  shall  be  deemed  insufficient  or  unsafe,  or  shall  need  repair- 
ing, it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  street  commissioners  or  the  mayor 
B    A    to  give  to  such  company  five  days  notice  of  the  work  to  be  done 
O.2r6    an(i   the  place  where  required,  and  any  railroad  company  neg- 
§  6-     lecting  or  refusing  to  construct  or  repair  any  crossing,  culvert  or 
bridge  after  having  received  five  days  notice  to  do  so,  shall  be 
fined  not  less  than  one  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

SEC.  7.    This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  publication  by  law. 
Approved  August  17, 1881. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CXLV. 


An  Ordinance  granting  tte  rljjht  of  way  to  the  Texas  and  Paclflj  Eallway  Company  over 
and  upon  llie  streets  iheielii  named. 

JSe  it  ordained  l)y  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth : 

SECTION  1.  That  the  Texas  and  Pacific  Railway  Company 
is  hereby  fully  authorized  and  empowered  with  the  right  to  con- 
struct, equip,  operate,  maintain,  own  and  control  a  steam  rail- 
way, together  with  all  necessary  switches,  turnouts,  sidings  and 
B.  A.  depots  on  either  or  all  of  the  following  named  streets  and  their 
O.248.  extensions  in  said  city  of  Fort  Worth,  to-wit.:  Belknap,  Weath- 
erford,  Hayes,  First,  Second,  Third,  Fourth,  Hampton.  Eighth, 
Ninth,Tenth,  Eleventh,  Morgan,  LuellaAvenue.Fourteenth,  Elm, 
Fifteenth,  Sixteenth,  Brewer,  Seventeenth,Pecan,Nineteenth  and 
Grove  streets,  and  the  streets  connecting  and  intersecting  there- 
with as  long  as  said  Texas  and  Pacific  Eailway  Company  mav 
operate  the  said  railway. 

B.   A.  SEC.  2.     That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 

a^er  ^s  passage. 
Passed  January  19,  1831. 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT    WORTH. 


ORDINANCE   NO.  CXLVI. 


Ail  Ordinance  prohibiting  the  unlawful  entering  or  intruding  upon  the  premises  of  an- 
other person  without  his  consent. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

SECTION  I.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons 
to  enter  or  intrude  upon  the  premises  of  another  without  his  B    A 
consent,  and  that  any  person  or  persons  violating  the  provisions  0*232! 
of  this  ordinance  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and     §  1* 
upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  more  than 
ten  dollars. 

SEC.  2.    That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  B.  A. 
and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law.  **'^<p" 

Approved  May  7,  1880, 


ORDINANCE   NO.  CXLVII. 


An  Ordinance  reeulp.tlng  the  erection  or  the  placing  of  telegraph  poles  or  telephone  poles, 
Kind  the  height  from  the  ground  which  wire  may  be  plaetdon  the  same  011  the  streets 
of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

SECTION  1.     No  telegraph  or  telephone  company  shall  here-  !*•    I* 

alter  erect  any  telegraph  or  telephone  pole  or  poles  on  the  streets  H'°{^' 
of  the  citv  of  Fort  Worth  except  as  hereinafter  stated. 

SEC.  2.     Every   telegraph  or  telephone  pole  or  poles  to  be  p>.    r,. 

erected   on   the  streets  or  sidewalks  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth  O.316. 

frhall  be  placed  on  the  outside  of  the   sidewalk  and  put  within  ^  *" 
the  curb  line. 

Sic.  3.     No  telegraph  or  telephone  company  shall  hereafter  B-    TC- 

place  any  telegraph  or  telephone  wire  or  any  telegraph  or  tele-  H'3^' 
phone  pole  or  poles  in  any  other  way  than  hereinafter  mentioned 
on  any  street  in  the  said  city  of  Fort  Worth. 

fc-EC.  4.    No  telegraph  or  telephone  wire  shall  hereafter  be  B.    B. 

placed  nearer  than  twenty-five  feet  irom  the  sidewalk;  that  is,  O.321. 

said  wires  shall  be  at  least  twenty-five  feet  in   the  clear  above  $  L 
the  sidewalk  on  Main  and  Houston  streets. 


190  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WOXTD. 

£    B  SEC.  5.    No  telegraph  or  telephone  wire  shall  hereafter  be 

O.321.  placed  at  a  height  of  less  than  twenty-two  feet  from  the  sidewalk 
§  2     on  Throckmorton  and  Busk  streets. 

B.   B  SEC.  6.    No  telephone  or  telegraph  wire  shall  be  placed  at  a 

O.321,  height  less  than  twenty  feet  from  the  sidewalk  on  all  streets  not 

specially  enumerated  in  this  ordinance. 

B    j>  SEC.  7.    All  telegraph  and   telephone  wire  shall  cross  the 

O.316.  said  streets  of  the  said  city  of  Fort  Worth   at  right  angles,  or 
3  7-     as  near  to  right  angles  as  possible. 

SEC.  8.    All  telegraph  or  telephone  poles  which  are  on  the 
O  316    s^reet  of  said  city  of  Fort  Worth  shall  be  placed  in  the  same 
§  «.     manner  as  indicated  in  Section  two  of  this  ordinadce. 
j>     g  SEC.  9.     All  telegraph  and  telephone  wire  now  in  operation 

O.316.   and  across  the  streets,  or  on  the  streets  of  said  city  shall  be  placed 
§  y-     as  indicated  in  Sections  4,  5,  6  and  7  of  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  10.    All  telegraph  and  telephone  poles  not  placed  as  re- 

O  3'>i"  (ll"red  by  this  ordinance  (Sec.  2),  and  all  telegraph  and  tele- 

g  4.     phone  wires  which  are  not  placed  as  indicated  in  Sections  4,  5 

and  6  of  this  ordinance,  are  hereby  declared  a  public  nuisance. 

SEC.  11.    That  the  managers  and  parties  having  control  of 

any  telegraph  and  telephone  companies  in  said  city  who  shall 

allow  any  poles  or  wires  belonging  to  respective  companies  to 

B.    B.  remain  or  be  placed  in  any  other  manner  than  as  required  by 

l£3?i'  this  ordinance,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and 

upon  conviction,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five 

dollars  nor  more  than  fiity  dollars,  each  day  being  a  separate 

offense. 

SEC.  12.     No  telegraph   or  telephone  company  shall  here- 
after have  the  right  to  erect  any  telegraph  or  telephone  pole  or 
poles  on  any  streetf  or  sidewalks  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth  with- 
O  316*  out  ^av^n»  an  agent  or  some  person  legally  authorized  to  sign  a 
§  12.   contract  on  behalf  of  said  company,  or  guaranteeing  to  the  said 
city  of  Fort  Worth  the  right  to  use  the  top  arm  or  top  cross  or 
center  of  every  such  pole  so  erected  for  municipal  purposes,  the 
use  of  the  same  to  be  free  of  charge  to  the  said  city  of  Fort 
Worth. 

B.   B.          SEC.  13.    That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
H"^}?'   an(l  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law. 

Sections  1,  2,  3,  7,  8,  9  and  J2,  passed  Jan.  7, 1884. 
Sections  4,  5,  6, 10, 11  and  13  passed  March  18, 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OP  FORT  WORTH.  191 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CXLVIII. 


An  Ordinance  deflnl nor  nuisances  In  the  erection  and  maintaining  of  telephone  and  tele- 
^rapu  wir  s  and  polls,  and  to  punlali  the  violation  thereof  and  provide  lor  tue  abate- 
ment of  such  nuisance.. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

SECTION  1.  That  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  telegraph  or 
telephone  company  to  erect  or  maintain  on  Houston  or  Main 
streets,  in  the  city  of  Fort  Worth,  more  than  one  line  of  poles 
and  wires,  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  telephone  or  tele«» 
graph  company  to  erect  or  maintain  more  than  three  posts  or 
poles  on  any  one  side  of  any  one  block  on  any  one  street  of  this  0*343' 
city  unless  by  special  permission  from  this  council.  That  it  shall  §  1. 
be  unlawful  for  any  telephone  or  telegraph  company  to  allow 
any  of  their  telephone  or  telegraph  wires  to  be  or  remain  within 
twenty-five  feet  of  the  surface  of  the  sidewalk  on  Houston  or 
Main  streets.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  agent,  manager 
or  superintendent  of  any  telephone  or  any  telegraph  company 
to  manage,  use,  control  or  superintend  any  telephone  or  tele- 
graph company  wires  or  poles  in  this  city  erected  or  being  con- 
trary to  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  2.    That  any  person  found  guilty  of  violating  this  ordi- 
nance shall   be   deemed  guilty  of   a   nuisance  and  punished  B.   B. 
by  fine  of  not  less  than  twenty  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dol-  '-v.343. 
lars,  and  in   addition   thereto   may   be  imprisoned  in  the  city     *  ' 
prison  for  a  period  of  not  more  than  five  days. 

SEC.  3.     That  any  telephone  wire  or  poles,   any  telegraph 
wire  or  poles  erected  or  maintained  contrary  to  Section  1,  of  this 
ordinance,  shall  be  and  is  declared  a  nuisance,  and  the  owner  or 
agent  or  manager  or   superintendent  or  operator  of  any  such   0*343' 
telephone  wires  or  poles,  or  any  agent,  owner,  manager,  superin-     §  3. 
tendent  or  operator  ot  any  such  telegraph  company  wires  or 
poles,  shall,  upon  notice  of  the  city  marshal,  within  twenty-four 
hours  after  the  receipt  of  any  such  notice,  abate  the  said  nuis- 
ance. 

SEC  4.    If  any  person  whose  duty  it  is  under  Section  3  of 


192  ORDiyAlCCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 

this  ordinance,  to  abate  the  said  nuisance,  shall  fail  or  refuse  to 
abate  the  same  upon  notice,  then  the  city  marshal  of  the  city  of 
]5    B    Fort  Worth  be  and  he  is  hereby  instructed  and  authorized,  after 
O*.343.  he  has  given  the  notice  required  by  this  ordinance,  and  after  the 
1-4.-    expiration  of  the  time  allowed   such   person   to  abate  the  said 
nuisance,  to  remove  and  abate  the  said  nuisance  either  by  cut- 
ting the  poles  or  wires  or  both  as  to  him  shall  seem  best. 

O  343  SE€'  5'     ^iat  ^lis  or(^nance  ta^e  effect  an(l  be  in  force  from 

g  §' '  and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law. 
Approved  August  8,1884. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CXLIX. 


An  Ordinance  prohibiting  washing,  bathing  or  swimming,  or  wishing,  bathing  or  swlm- 
horses  or  other  animals  lu  cenain  portions  of  the  Trinity  river  or  lu  either  branch  of 
the  same. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Fort  Worth  : 

SECTION  1.    That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  per- 

sons to  wash,  bathe  or  swim  their  persons  or  articles  of  any  kind, 

or  to  wash,  bathe  or  swim  horses  or  other  animals  in  the  Trinity 

riy^er  within  six  hundred  yards  of  the   forks  oi  said  river  or  in 

^-A»  either  branch  of  the  same  above  said  forks  within  the  corporate 

g  J      limits  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth.    Provided,  that  it  shall  be  law- 

ful for  any  person  to  wash  buggies,  carriages  or  other  vehicles 

or  to  wash  or  bathe  horses  in  the  Trinity  river  at  any  place  be- 

low where  the   water-works  are  now  situated   and  where  the 

pumps  from  the  same  enter  said  river, 

(SEC.  2.    That  any  person  or  persons  violating  the  provis- 

j>    A    ions  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon 

()  230..  conviction.  thereof,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five 

3  2-     dollars  nor  more  that  than  fifty  dollars. 

B.  A.          SEC,  3.    That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 


O.230.  an£  a|ter  its  publication  as  required  by  law. 
Approved  April  2&  1880. 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH.  193 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CL. 


An  Ordinance  to  cJ<  flue  acd  punish  vagrancy. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth'. 

SECTION  1.    That  every  vagrant  in  this  city  shall,  upon  con-  Q^" 
viction,  be' fined  in  any  sum  not  exceeding;  te.i  dollars.  g  1. 

SEC.  2.  The  following  persons  are  vagrants  within  the  mean- 
ing of  the  proceeding  section : 

First — An  idle  person  who  lives  without  any  means  of  sap- 
port,  and  makes  no  exertions  to  obtain  a  livelihood  by  honest 
employment. 

Second — Any  person  who  strolls  idly  about  the  streets,  hav-  B.  A. 
ing  no  local  habitation,  and  no  honest  business  or  employment    ^l"2.^' 

Third — A  person  who  strolls  about  to  tell  fortunes  or  to  ex- 
hibit tricks  not  licensed  by  law. 

Fourth — A  common  prostitute. 

Fifth — A  profession  ill  Gambler. 

Sixfh — Any  person  who  goes  about  to  beg  alms  who  is  not 
afflicted  or  disabled  by  a  physical  malady  or  misfortune. 

Seventh — A  habitual  drunkard  who  abandons,  neglects  or 
refuses  to  aid  in  the  support  ot  his  family. 

SEC.  3.    That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from   13.  A. 
and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law.  *g*2Jf ' 

Approved  November  19, 1879. 


184'  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CLI. 


An  Ordinance  relation  to  velilclea  passing  eacJi  otber. 

Be  It  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

SECTION  I.    In  case  of  persons  meeting  each  other  in  any 
highway,  street  or  thoroughfare  in  this  city,  each  psrsoi  sa  mast- 
ing shall  turn  off  and  go  to  the  right  side  of  the  high-way,  street 
?>*  $['  or  thoroughfare  so  as  to  enable  siuli  vehicles  to  piss  eieh.  other 
g  i. "  without  accident.     Whoever  shall  violat3  this  orlin  inss-sli  ill  b^ 
deemed  guilty  of  a   misdemeanor,  ail  0:1  conviction   s'ullba 
fined  not  less  than  one  nor  more  than  ten  dollars. 
B.  A.          SEC.  2.    That  this  ordinance  take  effect  an  1  ba  in  force  fr  j  11 
*1  9**  an(^  a^er  its  publication  as  required  by  law. 
Approved  A  10,  1873. 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT    WORTH.  195 


ORDINANCE   NO.  CLII. 


An  Ordinance  dividing  the  city  info  wards  and  defining  the  same. 

Beit  ordained  by  the  City  Council  Hat  the  city  of  Fort  Worth 
oe  and  the  same  is  hereby  divided  into  four  Wards: 

SECTION  1.    The  First  Ward  shall  embrace  all  the  territory  ,„    -p 
north  of  a  line  running  with  Ninth  street  aud  east  of  a  line  run-  0*301] 
ning  with  Main  street  in  said  corporation  to  the  corporate  limits     I  2. 
of  the  same. 

SEC.  2.    The  Second  Ward  shall   embrace  all  the  territory 
within  the  corporate  limits  west  of  the  west  line  of  the  First  5"om" 
Ward  and  north  of  Ninth  street — the  north  line  of  S.  G.  Jen-     g  _  " 
Dings'  survey  aud  J.  M.  0.  Lynsh  survey. 

SEC.  3.  The  Third  Ward  shall  embrace  all  the  territory  B.  B. 
within  the  corporate  limits  south  of  a  line  running  with  Ninth  ^*  4. 
street  and  east  of  Main  street. 

SEC.  4.    The  Fourth  Ward  shall  enbrace  all  that  territory  in  j»    j» 
the  corporate  limits  south  and  west  of  Ninth  street  of  the  north   O.301. 
line  of  S.  O.  Jennings'  survey,  and  the  north  line  of  the  J.  M.  C.     2  ~ 
Lynch  survey  and  west  of  the  line  of  Main  street. 

SEC.  5.    That  this  ordinance  be  in  effect  from  and  after  its  B.    B 
passage. 

Approved  July  5, 1883.  *  ~* 


195  OKD1SAKCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WO'tTr. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CLIII. 


An  Ordinance  to  prnvfde  for  a  .c.vs»pm  or  Water  Works  for  the  eltj  of  Fort  Worth  f">r  t  lie 
flies,  ba  nil  ary  audotLer 


This  contract,  made  and  entered  into  this  the  26th  day  of 
May,  A.  D.  1882,  by  and  between  the  Fort  Worth  Water  AVorks 
Company,  a  corporation  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth  in  the  county 
of  Tarrant  and  State  of  Texas,  party  of  the  first  part,  and 
the  city  of  Fort  Worth,  a  body  corporate  ot  ihe  Bounty  of 
Tarrant  and  State  of  Texas,  parly  of  ;he  second  part,  wit- 
nesselh:  Whereas,  the  city  council  of  the  said  city  of  Fort 
Worth  deem  it  necessary  to  provide  for  a  more  efficient  protec- 
tion of  the  property  (>f  tax  payers  of  the  said  ciiy  from  fire,  and 
also  to  secure  to  the  citizens  of  said  city  a  supply  of  water  suit- 
able for  domestic  purposes  and  for  the  further  benefit  to  the  city 
of  Fort  Worth  hereinafter  mentioned.  Therefore, 

Be  it  ordained  ly  ihe  City  Council  of  tlie  city  of  Fort  Wort/i: 

SECTION  1.     That  there  is  hereby  given    and  granted  to  the 

"Fort  .Worth  Water  Works  Company"  the  right  and  privilege 

p     p    for  twenty-five  years  from  the  date  of  the  execution  of  this  con- 

0*273*   tract   of  supplying  the   city   of  Fort  *AVorth,   and  the  citizens 

3  1.     therecf,  with  goodT  healthful  and  wholesome  water  for  domestic 

use,  and  for  the  extinguishment  ol  fires  and  for  manufacturing 

purposes. 

SEC.  2.  The  said  company  is  hereby  authorized  to  estab- 
lish, construct,  maintain  and  operate  said  works  in  the  said  city 
of  Fort  Worth,  to  receive,  take  and  store,  conduct  and  distribute 
water  through  the  city;  to  construct  and  extend  acqueducts, 
B.  F>.  mains  and  pipes  through  all  the  streets,  alleys,  lanes  and  pablic 
H'^J*"  grounds,  across  any  streams  or  bridges  in  said  city;  to  erect  and 
maintain  all  engines,  machinery  and  all  necessary  appliances 
for  the  proper  conducting  of  said  works,  and  for  supplying  said 
city  and  the  inhabitants  thereof  with  good,  healthful  and  whole- 
some water  fer  domestic,  manufacturing,  fire  and  other  purpose?. 
The  said  Foit  AVoith  Water  Works  Company  shall  have  the 


OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT    WORTH.] 


right  to  take  np  all  pavements  or  sidewalks  on  streets,  alleys, 
lanes,  and  public  grounds,  and  make  such  excavations  thereon 
as  may  be  necessary  to  lay,  repair  and  maintain  acquediictsand 
pipes  below  the  surface  of  the  ground  lor  conveying  and  dis- 
tributing si*id  water  as  aforesaid.  Provided,  said  company  shall, 
within  a  reasonable  time  and  with  all  proper  dispatch,  replace, 
and  repair  all  pavements  and  sidewalks  and  fill  all  such  exca- 
vations and  restore  the  streets  in  as  good  condition  as  they  were 
before  as  nearly  as  practicable. 

SEC.  3.     Said  company  shall  be  liable  for  all  damages  occa-  jj    A 
sioned  by  a  failure  to  protect  and  guard   persons  and  property  (X27& 
from  injury  by  reason  of  the  removal  of  such  pavements  and     §  3.  N 
sidewalks  and  the  making  of  such  excavations  as  aforesaid. 

SEC- 4.    The  said  water  works  shall  be  constructed  with  not      .,    . 
less  capacity  than  two  million  gallons  in  twenty  four  hours,  and   B.   A. 
also  to  produce  the  fire  streams  hereinafter  mentioned,  and  there     j^?' 
shall  be  an  auxiliary  reserve  high  pressure  pump  of  the  same     ^ 
capacity  making  an   aggregate  easy  working  capacity  of  four 
million  gallons  in  twenty-four  hours. 

SEC.  5.  Said  Fort  Worth  Water  Works  Company  shall  lay 
not  less  than  nine  miles  of  mains  including  hydrant  connection 
as  shown  on  the  plat  cf  said  city  marked  "Exhibit  A,"  and 
which  is  hereby  made  a  part  of  this  contract  lor  the  distribution 
of  water  within  the  corporate  limits  ot  said  city  so  located  as 
best  to  secure  the  tire  protection  of  the  city  and  for  the  supply 
of  water  for  domestic  purposes.  Said  mains  (o  be  located  as  the  0*073" 
city  council  may  direct.  All  mains  shall  be  of  standard  weight  §  5. 
and  strength  to  insure  the  fire  streams  hereinafter  mentioned, 
and  tested  so  as  to  stand  a  pressure  of  three  hundred  j  ounds  to 
the  square  inch,  and  all  mains  shall  be  of  such  size  as  to  procure 
an  easo  flow  of  water  through  the  entire  system  of  pipes,  and 
such  mains  shall  be  from  six  to  sixteen  inches  in  their  inner 
diameter. 

SEC.  6.    The  said  Fort  Worth  Water  Works  Company  shall  r.    A 
erect -eighty  double  nozzles  fire  hydrants  of  the  most  approved  u.273. 
pattern  upon  the  mains  and  pipes  as  provided  for  in  this  ordi-     $  & 
nance;  the  said  hydrants  to  be  located  by  the  city  council  before 
the  said  mains  and  pipes  are  first  laid. 

SEC.  7.  The  said  city  of  Fort  Worth  agree  to  pay  said  Fort  j>  A. 
Worth  Water  Works  Company  an  annual  rental  of  one  hundred  O.27S. 
dollars  for  each  cf  said  hydrants  for  the  purposes  contemplated  « 


1SS  ORDIKASCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WO.VTII. 

in  this  contract,  which  said  rental  shall  be  payable  semi  annu- 
ally on  the  first  days  of  June  and  December  of  each  year  in  a 
warrant  drawn  on  the  city  treasarer — that  is  to  say,  at  the  end 
of  each  six  months  ot  each  year  during  the  full  time  specified 
in  this  contract;  the  first  payment,  or  a  pro  rata  proportion 
thereof  for  each  of  said  hydrants  to  become  due  and  payable  on 
the  first  day  of  June  and  December,  as  the  case  may  be,  after 
said  hydrant  is  placed  in  position  and  ready  for  use;  and  for  the 
purpose  of  providing  for  the  payment  cf  all  hydrant  rental  be- 
coming due  under  the  provisions  of  this  contract,  the  said  city 
shall  annually  make  an  appropriation  sufficient  to  pay  the  same 
out  of  the  first  monies  not  otherwise  appropriated  arising  from 
the  general  revenues  of  the  city. 

SEC.  8.    For  all  extension  of  mains  which  the  city  may  here- 
after order  for  fire  purposes  in  addition  to  the  mains  contem- 
plated in  the  contract,  the  said  company  shall  erect  not  less 
j>    £m  than  ten  fire  hydrants  to  the  mile,  for  whieh  the  said  city  shall 
O.273.  pay  the  rental  of  one  hundred  dollars  each  per  year  until  the 
$  8     whole  number  shall  amount  to  one  hundred  hydrants,  and  for 
all  further  extensions  ordered  by  the  city  council  for  fire  pur- 
poses, the  said  Water  Words  Company  shall  erect  not  less  than 
ten  fire  hydrants  to  the  mile,  for  which  the  city  shall  pay  an  an- 
nual rental  of  fifty  dollars  for  each  hydrant  payable  as  herein- 
beiore  provided. 

SEC.  9.  The  said  Fort  Worth  Water  Works  Company  shall 
permit  any  owner  or  occupant  of  any  building  to  erect  stand 
pipes  and  connect  the  same  with  the  mains  hereby  authorized 
to  be  laid,  or  any  main  hereafter  laid  by  order  of  the  city  council 
of  said  city  of  Fort  Worth  under  the  provisions  of  this  contract, 
and  they  shall  have  the  use  of  water  through  such  stand  pipes 
and  connections  for  the  prevention  and  extinguishment  of  fires, 
—  A.  free  of  charge,  upon  giving  the  said  Fort  Worth  Water  W7orks 
» "9  "  Company  a  written  agreement  that  they  will  not  use  the  water 
from  said  pipes  and  connections  for  any  other  purpose  whatever. 
The  said  city  of  Fort  Worth  shall  have  the  right  to  erect  and 
connect  fire  hydrants  to  the  mains  at  any  time  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  contract  at  the  expenses  of  said  city*  and  use  the 
same  for  the  prevention  and  extinguishment  of  fires  free  of 
charge.  Provided,  always,  thst  the  said  city  ot  Fort  Worth 
hall  first  pay  a  resntal  on  the  first  eighty  hydrants  contem- 
plated in  this  contract.  The  city  of  Fort  Worth  shall  have 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH.  199 

by  the  city  after  first  paying  a  rental  for  at  least  tea  hydrants  for 
every  mile  of  the  first  ten  miles.  The  owner  or  occupant  of  any 
property  may  also  connect  stand  pipes  or  hydrants  with  the 
mains  upon  the  city  paying  the  rental  hereinbefore  mentioned 
as  soon  as  the  works  are  completed.  The  said  Fort  Worth  Water 
Works  Company  shall  cause  the  fire  streams,  hereinafter  men- 
tioned,, to  be  produced  in  the  presence  of  the  city  council,  or 
such  committee  as  the  council  may  appoint,  which  test  shall 
take  place  within  five  days  after  the  completion  of  said  worlds, 
and  at  the  first  meeting  of  the  council  after  the  full  and  faithful 
performance  of  the  test  hereinafter  specified  the  city  council 
shall  accept  the  works,  and  the  date  of  such  acceptance  shall  be 
the  tine  at  which  the  city  shall  commence  to  pay  the  rental  for 
the  hydrants  at  that  time  located. 

SEC,  10.    Said  water  works,  when  constructed,  shall  have 
the  capacity  of  discharging  eight  fire  streams  through  one-inch 
nozzles  from  any  eight  hydrants  located  upon  pipes  or  mains  not 
less  than  eight  inches  in  their  diameter,  as  shown  on  the  plat  B-  A. 
submitted  herewith,  and  four  streams  from  hydrants  located  on     *"  10" 
pipes  not  less  than  six  inches  in  diameter  through  fifty  feet  of 
two  and  one-half  inch  hose  to  a  height  of  one  hundred  feet  or 
maintain  its  equivalent  in  pressure  at  the  nozzle  of  said  hydrants 
so  long  as  it  may  be  necessary  tor  the  extinguishment  of  any  fires, 

SEC.  11.    The  said  city  shall  have  the  right  to  use  water  free 
of  charge  from  the  hydrants  for  the  purpose  of  flushing  gutters 
and  sewers  whenever  the  council  shall  deem  it  necessary  for 
the  interest  of  the  city  on  giving  notice  to  the  person  in  charge 
of  the  works;  the  city  shall  also  have  water  free  of  charge  for  «    A 
the  department  buildings,  city  hall  and  offices  occupied  for  eity  o".27.V. 
purpose,  for  all  public  schools  of  the  city,  for  six  public  watering     §  l"l- 
places  tor  man  and  beast,  and  also  for  six  fountains  in  parks  and 
grounds  owned  by  the  city  the,  jets  of  which  shall  not  exceed 
one-sixteenth  inch  orifice  and  to  run  not  to  exceed  six  hours  a 
a  day  for  eight  months  in  a  year;  said  public  watering  places  and 
fountains  to  be  erected  by  said  Fort  Worth  Water  Works  Com- 
pany and  kept  in  repair  by  said  company  at  their  own  proper 
expense,  and  to  be  located  at  such  points  in  the  city  as  may  be 
designated  by  the  city  council. 

SEC.  12.    The  rates  and  charges  of  said  company  to  private 
fie  same  right  to  connect  stand  pipes  to  all  mains  ordered 


200  ORDINANCES  OF^THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 

persons  shall  not  exceed  the  following  table  of  yearly  water  rates 
payable  quarterly: 

Alcohol,  per  each  barrel  made,  ten  cants,  ale  cellar  from 
$10  to  $50;  bakery,  each  oyen,  $10  to  $50;  barber's  shop,  first 
chair,  $8,  each  addition  $3.53,  bath,  private,  $4,  bath,  boarding 
house,  $6;  bath  public,  each  tub  $11;  beer,  each  barrel  brewed, 
five  cents;  beer  house  from  $8  to  $10;  billiard  saloon,  each  table, 
S3,  boarding  house,  eabh  room,  $1  25.  but  no  license  less  than 
$10;  book  binding,  $10  to  $75;  brick  work  per  M,  eight  cents; 
brick  yard,  meter  rate;  candle  manufacturing,  meter  rate;  candy 
manufacturing  $10  to  75;  church,  $5  to  $10;  baptestry,  $5  to  $10; 
cigar  manufacturing,  per  hand,- $1.50  no  license  less  than  $10; 
club  room  $20  to  $100;  coffee  saloon  $5  to  $20;  confec- 
tionery, $10  to  $75;  cow,  $1.53;  distillery,  special  rates, ; 

dram   shop,    $10   to  $100;    dyeing    and    scouring  $15   to  $100; 
iorge,  each,  $3;  fountain  for  six    months,  running  not  more 
than  four  hours  per  day,  $10  to  $153;   hall  £5    to    $50;    hat 
manufacturing,  $20  to  $100;  horse  $1.50;  hose  for  private  sta- 
T>-  £•  ble,  $5;  hose  for  livery  stable,  $20  to  $75;  washing  pavements  per 
g"*l      loot  front  20   cents,  street    and  sidewalks,  25  cents;  hotel,  per 
room,  $1.50;  ice  cream  saloon,  $10  to  $50;  labratory,  special  or 
meter, ;  laundry,  special  or  meter, ;  livery  stable,    pel- 
stall,  $2  50;  malting,  per  bushel,  1  cent;  Office,  $5  to  $25;  oyster 

saloon,  $10  to  $15;  packing  house,  or  meter, ;  photograph 

gallery,  $10  to  $38;  plastering,  per  square  yard,  f  cent;  recti- 
fying whisky,  eer  barrel,  3  cents;  residence,  by  one  famil3r,  one 
to  four  roams,  $3;  residence,  by  one  family,  five  to  six  rooms, 
$10;  residence.. one  family,  seven  to  eight  rooms,  $12;  residence, 
one  family,  eight  to  ten  rooms,  $11;  residence,  one  family,  ten  to 
twelve  rooms,  $16;  over  twelve  rooms,  each  room,  $1.50;  restau- 
rant, $10  to  $125;  sale  stable,  psr  stall,  $2;  school,  free,  it  public; 
shop,  4>5  to  $35;  slaughter  hous3.  spacial  or  miter,  -  — ;  soap 
manufacturing,  special  or  meter;  soda  manufacturing,  spacial  or 
meter;  spirits  gas,  each  barrel  mide.  8  cents;  public  garden 

sprinkling,  $20  to  $103;  starch  factory,  spaeial  or  mater, , 

steam  boilers,  special  or  meters;  stock  yards,  special  or  meter; 
stone  work,  per  perch,  4  cents;  store,  $5  to  $10;  tinning,  par  vat, 
$5;  no  license  less  than  $25;  tenement,  per  room,  $1.25;  tobacco 
factory  per  s.  and  hogshead,  $2;  unnai  basin  $3;  urinal  basin, 
public,  $6  to  $30;  vault,  residence.  $5, ;  vehicle,  $2.50;  vine- 
gar, each  barrel  manufactured,  5  cents;  washing  bottles,  $5  to  $33; 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH".  2H 

washing  barrels,  5  cents;  water  clost,  private,  $5;  water  closet, 
public,  $8. 

Any  person  or  corporation  shall  have  the  right  and  privi- 
lege to  purchase  and  have  supplied  to  them  water  from  said 
company  for  consumption  at  their  residence  or  place  of  business 
at  the  meter  rates  herein  prescribed ;  the  quantity  to  be  ascer- 
tained by  meters  of  accurate  and  approved  pattern  and  action. 
It  is  further  agreed  by  the  Fort  Worth  Water  Works  Company, 
that  when  the  population  of  said  city  shall  reach  fifteen  thou- 
sand inhabitants,  to  be  ascertained  by  the  city  council,  then  the 
rates  or  price  for  water  for  private  purposes  as  above  fixed  shall 
be  reduced  twenty  per  cent.  Bancroft  LibmrV 

SEC.  13.  The  city  of  Fort  Worth  shall  have  the  right,  at  its 
option,  to  acquire,  by  purchase,  and  become  the  sole  owner  of 
said  works,  including  all  grounds,  machinery,  mains,  pipes, 
buildings,  franchisies  and  property  thereto  appertaining  at  the 
expiration  of  five  years  or  any  time  thereafter  from  the  date  of 
the  acceptance  of  the  works,  upon  giving  one  year's  notice  of 
such  intention,  upon  paying  therefor,  to  the  owners  thereof,  the 
value  of  said  property,  to  be  ascertained  by  appraisal  as  follows, 
viz :  The  said  city  shall  select  one  competent  person  and  the 
owner  of  the  water  works  another,  and  the  two  selected  shall 
select  a  third,  or  in  case  they  cannot  agree  upon  duch  third  per- 
son, a  third  person  shall  be  appointed  by  the  district  judge  of  B»  ^. 
Tarrant  county,  and  the  three  men  so  determined  upon  shall  «  ^ 
appraise  the  value  ot  said  property,  exclusive  of  franchise,  at  its 
then  cash  value,  which  appraisal  shall  be  binding  upon  said  Fort 
Worth  Water  Works  Company  as  to  the  value  thereof,  but  shall 
not  be  binding  upon  the  city  unless  said  appraisal  shall  be  satis- 
fied by  the  city  council  and  the  city  shall  have  the  right  to  be- 
come the  owner  of  said  works  and  property  at  the  appraised 
value  when  said  appraisement  shall  have  been  satisfied  by  the 
city  council.  In  case  the  said  city  shall  not  purchase  and  become 
the  owner  of  said  works  and  property,  as  aforesaid,  at  the  expi- 
ration of  twenty-five  years,  then  all  the  rights,  franchises  and 

2t  granted  to  the  said  Fort  Worth  Wai   r 

v»  ori  Company  si^..  be  ^tended  to  said  company  lor  «  er 
period  of  twenty-fiive  years  thereafter,  subject  to  the  right  of 
said  city  to  purchase,  as  aforesaid,  and  subject  to  all  the  duties, 
liabilities,  obligations  and  penalties  herein.  Provided,  however, 
if  at  the  time  of  said  purchase  by  the  said  city,  said  works  and 


20?  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 

franchises  shall  be  unencumbered  by  mortgage,  otherwise  the 
city  shall  assume  and  pay  such  liability  as  part  of  the  appraised 
value,  as  aforesaid,  made  and  ascertained. 

SEC.  14.  It  is  hereby  agreed  by  and  between  the  said  Fort 
Worth  Water  Works  Company  and  the  said  cily  of  Fort  Worth, 
that  so  much  of  the  hydrant  rental  to  be  paid  by  the  city  of  Fort 
Worth,  under  fie  proTisions  of  this  contract,  as  will  fully  pay  all 
Uieintereston  a'l  outstanding  bonds  of  the  said  Fort  Worth  Water 
Works  Company  snd  all  bonds  that  may  hereafter  be  assessed 
by  the  said  water  works  company  shall  be  paid  to  the  holder  of 
said  bonds  through  their  trustee  at  the  time  specified  in  this 
contract  for  the  payment  of.  such  hydrant  rental  to  the  said 
„  Wi.ter  Works  Company,  so  long  and  until  all  such  bonds  are  fully 
i"»*27;V.  l)aid  «nd  cancelled  and  the  balance  of  the  hydrant  rental  due.  if 
'i  14.  any  from  t  he  city,shall  be  paid  to  the  said  Water  Woi  ks  Company. 
It  being  understood  that  the  hydrant  rental  which  the  said  city 
of  Fort  Worth  agrees  to  pay  to  the  said  Fort  Worth  Water 
Works  Company  for  fire  protection,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may 
be  necessary  to  pay  the  interest  on  said  bonds,  shall  be  set  aside 
mid  pa  d  to  the  trustee  of  said  bonds  and  by  him  used  exclu- 
sively and  only  for  the  payment  ot  interest  upon  said  bonds 
when  and  so  long  as  the  same  shall  bscome  due  and  payable  ; 
but  in  no  event  shall  the  city  of  Fort  Worth  pay  the  said  trus- 
tee a  greater  sum  for  such  interest  than  the  amount  agreed  to  be 
paid  to  said  Fort  Worth  Water  Works  Company. 

SEC  15.    Said  city  of  Fort  Worth  shall  make  all  ordinances, 

appropriations,  etc.,  necessary  to  secure  the  said   Fort  Worth 

Water  Works  Company  in  the  rights  and  privileges  granted  in 

O*27-^   this  agreement  so  long  as  the  same  may  be  in  force  that  either 

g  15    or  both  the  parties  to  this  contract  may  be  represented  by  agents* 

officers  or  assigns,  or  successors,  who   nay  be  legally  authorized 

to  represent  them  severally  and  jointly  as  authorized. 

SEC.  16.    The  works  permitted  to  be  constructed  by  this  or- 
dinance, shall   be  constructed  so  as  not  to  interfere  with  the 
P.  jV.  rights  and  property  of  others  in  said  city,  and  any  injury  result- 
(»"216*  ing  from  such  interference  shall  be  paid  for  by  said  Fort  Worth 
Water  Works  Company.     Said  water  pipes  shall  be  laid  at  least 
two  feet  below  the  grade  established  by  the  city. 

SEC.  17.  If  any  person  shall  willfully  or  malicously  injure 
or  destroy  any  portion  of  the  water  fixtures  or  other  property 
appertaining  to  the  Fort  Worth  Water  Works  Company,  or  shall 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT    WORTH.  %< 

wilfully  interfere  wither  waste  water  from  the  fire  hydrants,  ex- 
cept for  the  purpose  of  extinguishing  fires  or  for  such  other  pur-   ^    A 
poses  as  said  hydrants,  under  this  ordinance,  may  be  used.  Such  o'27:V 
person  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  on  conviction,    I  i:- 
shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars. 

SEC.  18.     Said  Fort  Worth  Water  Works  Company  hereby 
agrees  and  binds  itself  during  the  continuance  of  the  contract  to 
furnish  at  all  times  good,  healthful  and  wholesome  water,  and 
hereby  agrees  and  binds  itself  to  keep  said  fire  hydrants  and 
mains  in  good  and  efficient  condition   and  service  at  all  times  997^' 
except  at  instances  of  accident  or  other  means  bevond  the  con-     $~ts. 
troi   by   the  exercise  of  due  dilligence  and  forethought.    All 
mains  supplying  water  to  any  fire  hydrant  shall  be  pot  less  than 
six  inches  in  inner  diameter,  except  as  the  city  council  may 
order. 

SEC.  19.    The    said  Fort   Worth   Water  Works   Company 
agrees  and  blads  itself  to  furnish  at  all  times  for  all  public  and  B-  .£• 
private  uses  of  said  city  and  its  inhabitant  a  full  and  sufficient  ^il* 
supply  cf  good,  healthful  and  wholesome  water,  well  suited  for 
domestic  and  manufacturing  purposes. 

SEC.  20.     Said  fire  hydrant  shall  be  under  the  control  and 
supervision  of  the  chief  of  the  fire  department  of  said  city,  who 
shall  have  the  right,  upon  giving  notice  to  the  company,  to  pro- 
vide  for  the  opening  and  use  of  the  hydrants  for  fire  purposes  0*273." 
for  the  testing  of  any  fire  aparatus  and  for  the  purpose  ot  flush-     §  20. 
ing  and  cleaning  gutters  whenever  the  city  council  shall  deem 
it  necessary,  and  the  chief  of  the  fire  department  shall  leave 
said  hydrants  in  good  condition. 

SEC.  21.    The  said  Fort   Worth   Water    Works  Company 
agrees  to  commence  erecting  said  water  works  in  ninety  days  j>    A 
from  the  passage  and  approval  of  this  ordinance,  and  agrees  to  o".'27;i! 
complete  said  works  by  the  first  day  of  February,  1883,  and  a     §  21. 
failure  to  comply  with  this  section  of  this  ordinance  shall  render 
said  ordinance  and  contract  null  and  void. 

SEC.  22.    It  shall  be  unlawful  for  said  Fort  Worth  Water 
Works  Company  to  charge  or  tax  any  person  for  water  naore  ^  A. 
than  the  price  fixed  by  the  rate  in  Section  12  of  this  ordinance,  O  273. 
and  upon  conviction  thereof  the  said  Fort  Worth  Water  Works     2  «• 
Company  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  »or  more 
than  fifty  dollars. 


20 1  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WVXTD. 

SEC.  23.    This  ordinance  when  adopted  by  the  city  council 
and  approved  by  the  mayor,  and  accepted  within  twenty  days 
„     .     by  the  said  Fort  Worth  Water  Works  Company  in  writing,  which 
O.273*  said  acceptance  shall  be  attached  hereto,  and  made  a  part  here- 
2  23    of,  shall  constitute  the  contract  between  the  said  city  and  the 
said  Water  Works  Company.    Approved  May  27, 1882. 
Passed  May  23, 1882. 

STATE  OF  TEXAS,  TARRANT  COUNTY. 

To  the  Maj  or  and  pity  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Wortn  : 

GENTLEMEN— As  directed  by  the  stockholders  of  the  Fort 
Worth  Water  Works  Company,  1  hereby  accept  the  terms  and 
conditions  and  agreements  contained  in  the  ordinance  passed  by 
your  honorable  body  on  23d  of  May,  A.  D.  1882,  for  and  on  be- 
half ot  the  Fort  Worth  Water  Works  Csmpany,  and  as  that  the 
same  be  filed  as  by  said  ordinance  provided. 

MORGAN  JONES, 
President  Fort  Worth  Water  Works  Company. 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT    WORTH.  20> 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CLIV. 


An  Ordinance  to  provide  for  the  acceptance  of  the  Water  Works  by  the  city  of  Fort  Worth, 
Texas. 

WHEREAS,  The  Fort  Worth  Water  Works  Company  have 
constructed,  and  in  accordance  with  their  contract,  completed 
the  water  works  in  accordance  with  the  franchise  heretofore 
granted  to  said  company  by  the  council  of  the  city,  being  Ordi- 
nance 273,  passed  may  23,  1882,  and  said  works  haying  been 
tested  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  city  council  of  the  city  of  Fort 
Worth.  Therefore. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth'. 

SECTION  1.  That  the  water  works,  as  built  and  completed 
by  the  Fort  Worth  Water  Works  Company,  be,  and  the  same  is 
hereby  accepted  by  the  city  council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth,  B. 
having  been  constructed  in  strict  compliance  with  the  franchise, 
and  completed  within  the  time  specified  in  the  original  ordi- 
nance and  the  extension  heretofore  granted  said  company,  and 
payment  of  hydrant  rentals  shall  commence  from  this  date. 

SEC.  5.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  its 
passage. 


OKDINANCE  NO.  CLV. 


An  Ordinance  Ir4tnictlng  the  mayor  to  pnrbhase  One  Hundred  Thousand  Dollars  worth 
of  the  Fort  Worth  Water  W  orks  Company  stock. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

SECTION  1.    That  the  mayor  of  said  city  be  hereby  author- 
ized and  instructed  to  purchase  one  hundred  thousand  dollars 


296  ORD1KASCES  OF  TEE  CITY  OF  FORT  WOXTff. 

stock  of  the  Fort  Worth  Water  Works  Company — that  amount 
B-   B.  being  one-half  of  the  entire  stock  of  said  company — from  J.  S. 
a"  i/  Drake,  at  a  price  not  exceeding  thirty-two  thousand  five  hun- 
dred dollars. 

SEC.  2.    That  the  mayor  be  instructed  to  purchase  the  stock 

as  stated  in  Section  one  of  this  ordinance,  and  make  a  contract 

with  the  said  J.  S.  Drake  to  pay  ior  the  same  in  city  bonds. 

B.   B.  which  said  bonds  shall  be  payable  in  twenty  years,  and  bear  in* 

O.  — ,  terest  at  the  rate  of  seven  per  cent,  per  annum,  payable  semi- 

annually,  and,  lurther,  to  contract  with  said  Drake  to  deliver 

said  bonds  within  sixty  days  irom  the  date  hereof. 

SEC.  3.    That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  passage. 
Passed  July  2, 1884. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CLVI. 

An  Ordinance  in  regard  to  carrying  deadly  weapons. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

SECTION  1.    That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  carry 
O*.  13."  ab°ut  his  person  any  pistol,  Bowie  knife  or  other  deadly  or  un- 
§  1.     lawful  weapon  while  within  the  corporate  limits  of  this  city. 
B.  A.  SKC*  2-    Any  person  who  shall   be  guilty  of  violating  the 

O.  5?.  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  fined  in  a 
2  *•     sum  not  less  than  ten  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

SEC.  3.    That  this  ordinance  to  be  in  force  and  take  effect 
irom  and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law. 
Approved  April  10, 1873, 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH.  20T 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CLVII. 


An  Orrtlnarcereerulatlng  the  carrying  of  weapons  and  prohibiting  tlie  carrying  of  the 
same  concealed. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth'. 

SECTION  1.     Any  person  carrying  concealed  on  or  about  his 
person  any  pistol,  dirk,  dagger,  slung  shot,  sword  cane,  spear, 
brass  knuckles,  Bowie  knife,  or  any  other  kind  of  knife  inanii- 
i'actured  or  sold  for  the  purpose  of  offense  or  defense,  unless 
h;iviiig  or  carrying  the  same  on  or  about  his  person  for  the  law-  ^    A 
ful  defense  of  the  State  as  a  rnalitiaman,  in  actual  service,  or  as  o".164. 
a  peace  officer  or  policeman,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,     §  !• 
and  on  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  punished  by  fine  of  not  less 
than  twenty-five  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars.    Provided, 
that  this  section  shall  not  be  so  construed  as  to  prohibit  any  per- 
son from  keeping  or  bearing  arms  on  his  or  her  own  premises,  or 
at  his  or  her  own  place  of  business;  nor  *o  prohibit  sheriffs  or  other 
revenue  officer  and  other  civil  officer  from  keeping  and  bearing   J*.  A. 
arms  while  engaged  in  the  discharge  of  their  official  duties  nor     «"  j 
to  prohibit  persons  traveling  in  this  State  from  keeping  or  car- 
rying arms  with  their  baggage.    Provided,  further,  that  mem- 
bers of  the  legislature  shall  not  be  included  under  the  term 
"civil  officer,  as  used  in  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  2.    That  thb  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in" force  from 
and  after  its  publication  as  required  by  law. 


APPENDIX. 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH.  211 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CLVIII. 


An  Ordinance  repealing1  all  of  Ordinance  No.  60,  except  so  muc^  thereof  as  applies  to 
Main  street  in  the  city  of  Fort  Worth,  Texas. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Port  Worth: 

SECTION  1.    That  Ordinan   No.  60,  entitled  "An  Ordinance   B    ]} 
granting  certain  privileges  to  the  Fort  Worth  Street  Eailway   QMS. 
Company,"  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed,  except  in  so  far  as     §  i- 
the  said  ordinance  gave  said  Fort  Worth  Street  Railway  Com- 
pany the  right  to  build,  establish,  equip  and  operate  a  line  of 
railway  and  Main  street. 

SEC.  2,    That  this  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  5'o5" 
and  after  its  passage.  a"  9. ' 

Filed  August  19, 1884.    Passed  August  19, 1884. 

STUART  HARRISON,  City  Secretary. 

Recorded  September  6. 1884. 

STUART  HARRISON.  City  Secretary. 

Vetoed  by  his  honor.  Mayor,  August  21,  1884,  and  vote  pas- 
sing same  was  reconsidered  September  2.  1884,  by  the  city  coun- 
cil, and  upon  being  placed  before  the  council  was  adopted  and 
passed  September  2,  1884,  notwithstanding  the  mayor's  veto. 

STUART  HARRISON,  City  Secretary. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  CLIX. 

An  Ordinance  amending  Ordinance  No.  — ,  granting  thp  Rosedale  street  Railway  Com- 
pany right-of-way  over  cerram  strents  iu  ihe  city  or  Fort  Worth. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 

SECTION  1     That  the  Rosedale  Street  Railway  Company  is 
bereby  granted  the  right  of-way  to  build,  construct,  maintain 
and  operate  a  line  of  street  railway  over,  along  and  through  the  -^    ^ 
middle  of  the  following  streets  to  wit :     Beginning  in  the  mid-  0.349*. 

die  of  Houston  street,  thence  along Sixth  street  to  Throck-     §  1- 

morton  street,  thence  along  -  -  Throckmorton  street  to  Hyde 
Park,  thence  over  Hyde  Park  to  any  point  on  samo,  connecting 
with  their  line  already  built  on  Hyde  Park. 

SEC.  2.  That  said  company  may  also  construct  such  switches 
and  side-tracts  along  said  line,  and  turnouts,  as  may  be  neces- 
sary. Provided  said  company  may  lay  on  said  line  the  Johnson 
or  tram  rail ;  but  said  track  shall,  in  all  other  respects,  conform 
to  the  conditions,  plans  and  specifications  mentioned  and  pre- 


812  ORDJNAKCX&  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 

scribed  in  the  ordinances  heretofore  passed  granting  said  com- 
pany the  right-of-way  over  certain  streets  of  said  city. 
B    B  SEC.  3.    This  ordinance  is  not  intended  to,  nor  shall  it  in  any 

O.349!  manner,  affect  or  repeal  any  rights  or  privileges  heretofore 

§  3.     granted  said  company  on  Houston  street. 

B.    B.          SEC.  4.    This  ordinance  shall   take  effect   and  be  in  iorce 
O.349,  from  and  after  its  passage. 

Filed  September  2,  1884.    Passed  September  16, 1884. 

STUART  HARRISON,  City  Sec'y. 
Recorded  September  23, 1884. 

STUART  HARRISON,  Ci4y  Sec'y. 

This  ordinance  not  having  been  approved  or  disapproved 
within  the  three  days,  as  prescribe  by  the  Charter,  takes  effect 
the  same  as  if  approved.  STUART  HARRISON,  City  Sec'y. 

ORDINANCE   NO.  CLX. 


An  Ordinance  adopting  tbe  Revised  Ordinances  of  tbe  city  or  Fort  Worth,  Texas. 

Be  it  ordained  l>y  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth: 
O*350  SECTION  1.    That  these  Revised  Ordinances  oi  the  city  ot 

§  1,  Fort  Worth  shall  be  known  and  cited  as  the  "Revised  Ordi- 
nances of  Fort  Worth." 

B-   B  SEC.  2.    That   all  ordinances  in  force  when  these  Revised 

g"2.  *  Ordinances  take  effect,  and  which  are  not  included  herein,  or 
which  are  not  hereby  expressly  continued  in  force,  are  hereby 
repealed. 

B.    B.          SEC  3.    That  no  ordinance  relating  to  the  city  debt  or  to  the 
O.350.  city  credit,  or  to  taxation  in  the  city  of  Fort  Worth,  shall  be  af- 

ected  by  the  repealing  clause  hereof. 

B.    B.          SEC.  4.    That  the  "Revised  Ordinances"   of  the  city  of  Fort 
O-350.  Worth  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  at  twelve  o'clock  noon 

on  October  1,  A.  D.  1884. 

O  350  ^EC*  ^*    r^nat  *ms  ordinance  take  effect  and  be  iu  force  from 

g  5.     and  after  its  passage. 

Filed  'September  17, 1884.    Passed  September  17, 1884. 

Attest:  STUART  HARRISON,  City  Sec'j. 

Approved  September  18, 1884.  J.  B.  ASKEW, 

President  pro  tern,  and  acting  Mayor. 
Recorded  September  20,1884. 

STUART  HARRISON.  City  Secretary. 


INDEX. 


PAGE. 

Alleys  —  Opening    of, 
through  Peak's  block  17 

Assault  and  Battery- 
Definition  of  14  to  15 
What  does  not  am't 
to                              -  15 
Penalty  for     -     -  15 

Assessor  and  Collector  16 

Assistant  Assessor  and 
Collector— Establish- 
ing office  of      -  14 
Duties  of  14 
Salary  of    -  14 

Attorney,   city — Bond 
of      -  s  1C 

Duties  of  54 

Fees  and  Salary  of  -  54 

Bail— Officers  ma}*  take 
when  106 

Forfeiture  of       -      !18  to  119 

Bonds,  official — Bonds 
of  Assessor  and  Col- 
lector 16 
Bond  of  Treasurer   -  16 
Bond  of  Marshal      -  16 


PAGE. 

Bond  of  Secretary    -  16 

Bond  ot  City  AttV  16 

Bond  of  Engineer  -  16 

Bonds,  City— Bonds  to 

J.  Kane  IT 

Number,amount  and 

conditions  of  18 

When  payable   and 

how  paid  -    IS  to  1!) 

Bonds  for  Sewerage, 

etc.  19 

Number  and  amt's  of    19  to  ^2 

Terms  and  condi- 
tions of  -  20  to  22 

Where  '  and     when 

payable  21  to  24 

Funds  lor  paym't  of  20-21-23 
Buildings— When  may 

be  pulled  down  24  to  25 

When  may  be  blown 

up  63 

Butcher — May  use  side 

walk,  how  157 

Punishment    of   for 

killing,     except    at 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES  OF  TEE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 


slaughter  pen 

Calaboose — Talking  to 
prisoners  in 
Furnishing  prisoners 
in,  liquors,  etc. 
Punishment  for 
Special  Fund  for  ex- 
penses of  prisoners 
Privy    of,    kept  by 
whom 

Carriages— ( See  Hacks 
Yehickles.) 

Cattle,  Sheep,  Goats, 
Horses  and  Mules — 
Running  at  large 
prohibited 

Pound  keeper  for  - 
May  be  redeemed 
when 

Sold,  when  and  how 
and  where 
Proceeds  of  sale,  how 
disposed  of 
Punishment    for  al- 
lowing to  run  at  l~rge 
Punishment  of  per- 
sons for  selling  milk 
from   diseased  cows 

Cemetery  —  Designa- 
tion of 

Engineer  shall  sur- 
vey 

Lots,  how,  by  whom 
and  for  what  sold  - 
Strangers  and  par- 
ties not  owning  lots. 
where  buried 
Sexton  shall  keep, 
and  duties  of  Sexton 
Sexton  shall  keep  re- 


PAGK. 
158 

26 

26 
26 

75 
127 


PAGE. 


cord  of  deaths,  etc., 
and  report  to  council  30 

Fees  of  Sexton  31 

Conduct  therein  pro- 
hibited -     30  to  31 
Punishment  for  vio- 
lation                        -    30  to  31 

Chief  Engineer  Fire 
Department  —  (See 
Fire  Department) 

Chimneys —  (See  Fire 
Warden,)  (Fire  Lim- 
its) 

Height  of  for  Mills, 
etc.  32 

26  Shall    be    repaired, 
108     when,    and  penalty 

for  refusal  32 

How   and    of    what 

built  in  fire  limits         33-3435 

27  How  in  the  corpor- 
ate limits  33 
Who    shall    inspect 

and   when    repaired  31 

27  to  28  Combustible  Matter- 

Dealers   in  shall  re- 
port to  City  sec'y         35  36-37 
Penalty  for  refusal  36 

Amount  of  oil,  pow- 
der etc.,  that  may  be 
kept  36 

28  Penalty  for  violation  36 
Cotton  Yard— Shall  not 

28  to  29     be  near  place  of  fire  37 

Carrying    fire,    etc., 

into  prohibited  37 

29  Council  City-Commit- 

tees    appointed    by 
29     mayor  37  to  38 

Duties  ol  committees  38 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 


ill 


PAGE. 

Order  of  business  of  38 

Rales  of  proceedure 
in  -    38  to  39 

Time  of  meeting  ot  39 

Dead  Animals  —  De- 
posit for  dead  ani- 
mals, filth,  etc.,place 
of  -  39  to  40 

How  deposited  40 

Penalty  for  deposit- 
ing in  ditch  of  an- 
other 40 
Owner  of  must  re- 
move, and  penalty 
for  refusal  41 

Diseased  Animals  — 
Marshal  may  seize 
and  kill  when  -  41  to  42 

Must  be  removed  by 
owner,  when  41 

Stables    disinfected, 
when  42 

Penalty  for  refusal  42 

Disorderly  Houses  — 
(See  Theatres.) 

Dogs — Must    be    kept 
up,  when          s         -  44  to  45 
Must  be  killed,  when    44  to  45 
May  be  impounded, 
when  43 

Must    be    muzzled, 
when  -    44  to  45 

Penalty  for  violation 
of  ordinance      -       -    44  to  45 

Drummers— Must  wear 
badge,  and  penalty 
for  violation  45 

Stopping  people  on 
streets,  penalty   for  45 

Penal  for  interfering 


PAGE. 

with  passengers       -    45  to  46 

May     be     arrested, 

when  46 

Drunkenness  —  (  See 
Misdemeanors.) 

Election — For  city  offi- 
cers, held  when  47 
Officers  of  and  fees  of            48 
When,by  whom  held 
etc.  47 
Returns  of     -      -     -              48 
Officers  of  Fire  De- 
partinent,electicn  of    56  to  57 

Engineer — Bond  of    -  16 

Duties  of        <.         -    49  to  51 
Is  ex-officio  members 
of  street  committee  50 

Fees  of  55 

Shall  issue  permits, 
etc.  51 

Maps  of  city,  made 
by  - 163  to  164 

Fast  Riding  and  Driv- 
ing—Penalty for      -    52  to  53 
Penalty  for  running 
horse  races  52 

Penalty  for  leaving 
animals  in  streets  un- 
hitched -  -  53 

Fees,  Salaries,  etc. — Of 
Mayor  -  53 

Of  Marshal  -    53  to  54 

Of  Recorder  54 

Of  Jurors  54 

Of  Policemen  54 

Ot  <Juy  Attorney  54 

Of  Oity  Secretary    -  54 

Of  Aldermen  54 

Of  City  Engineer     -  55 

Of  Treasurer      -      -  55 


IV 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 


Assessor  and  Collec- 
tor 
Of  Sexton 

Fences.  Etc. — Penalty 
for  hitching  to  court 
house  fence 
Penalty  for  erecting 
tents,  etc.,  and  leav- 
ing wagons  on  pub- 
lic square 

Fines  (See  Penalties) 
Fire    Warden   (See 
Fire  Department.) 

Fire  Department— 
What  shall  consist  of 
Officers  of 
Duties  of  officers 
Officers,  how  elect    • 
Fire,  police  duties  of 
Property  of 
Hood  and  Ladder  Co. 
may  pull  down  and 
blow  up  houses  when 

Fire  Limits- What  shall 
constitute 

Character  of  build- 
ings allowed  therein 
Structures  there  in 
removed  when 

Fire-arms — Penalty  for 
discharging 

Food  and  Drink — Pen- 
alty for  selling  milk 
of  diseased  cow 
Penalty  for  selling 
unwholesome  meats, 
etc. 

Penalty  for  selling 
unhealthy  Ice,etc.  - 
Penalty  for  selling 


gambling 


PAGE. 

55     adulterated  milk,  etc 

55  Shall  be  inspected  by 
31     city  physioian 

Fourth  Street  Kailway 
Company — Right  of 

56  way,  etc. 

Ft.  Worth  and  Denver 
City  Railway  Co.— 
Bight  ot  way  to 

56  Ft.  Worth  Street  Rail- 
way   Co. — Right  of 
way  to 
Conditions  of 
Cn  what  streets 

56  Funds — Special  for  ex- 

56  penses  of  prison,  etc. 
57  58-59     Public  School  Fund 

57  Gambling  —  Defini- 
57  to  58     tion     of 

58  house 

Penalty  for  keeping 
What  games  prohib- 

63  ited 

Penalty  for  allowing 
63  to  64     to  play  in  house 

Penalty  for  renting 

64  house  for  purposes  of 
Penalty  for  betting 

64  at  games 

Card   playing,    pun- 

65  ishment  tor 
Playing     cards,    at 
what  house  forbidden 

65  What  evidence  re- 
quired for  conviction 
Permitting  minors 

65  and  intoxicated  per- 
sons, punishment  for 

65|Gas  Works-Exclusive 
privile  granted  to  Ft. 


PAGE. 
65  to  66 

66 


67  to  68 


68 


69  to  73 
69  to  75 
69  to  75 

75 
180 


75 

76 

76 
76 
76 
76 

76 

76  to  77 
77 

77 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 


PAGE. 

77 


Worth  Gas  Light  Co. 
Conditions,    stipula- 
tions, etc.  -    78  to  79 
City  of  Fort  Worth 
may  purchase,    etc.  80 

Goats— (See  cattle,etc) 

Grade,City-OfThrock- 

morton  street      •      •  82 

Of  Main  street  83 

Ot  Houston  street    •  82 

Of  Busk  street  83 

Penalty  for  not  build- 
ing according  to       -  83 

Gulf,  Colorado  &  Santa 
Fe  R.  W.  Co.— Eight 
of  way  granted  to  -  83  to  84 

Hacks  (See  Vehicles.) 
License  for  181  to  182 

Driver  of  must  carry  | 

lights  on  of  night     •  84 

Penalty  for  neglect- 
ing to        -  '      -       s  84 
Charges  allowed  for 
carrying  persons,  etc  85 
Must  have  rates  of 
tariff             •  85 
Penalty  for  neglect- 
ing 85 
Penalty  for  refusal  to 
carry  person  85 
Penalty  for  refusal  to 
pay  charges  85 
Penalty  for  misrepre- 
sentation, etc.           -     85  to  86 

Hawkers— Where  sales 
by,  prohibited,  etc.  86 

Punishment  for  86 

Health, Board  of— Who 

shall  compose          -     86  to  87 
Duties  of  and  powers 


of 

May  destroy    furni- 
ture, when 
Hogs  —  (See      Pound 

keeper,  etc.) 
Horses— (See  Cattle,etc) 
Hotel — (See  Drummers) 
Houses — (See  theatres) 
Penalty  for  keeping 
brothel.bawdy  house, 
etc. 

Penalty  for  being  in- 
mate of 

Dance  house,  defini- 
tion of 

Penalty  for  keeping 
May  get  license,terms 
and  conditions  ot 
Must  give  bond 
Disorderly  house, 
definitions  of 
Penalty  for  keeping 
Penalty  for  being  in- 
mate 

Penalty  for  prosti- 
tutes. etc..wandering 
on  streets,  etc. 
Penalty  for  prosti- 
tutes, etc.,  plying  her 
avocation  by  signs, 
etc. 

Indecency  —  Acts  of 
prohibited,  and  pun- 
ishment for 
Indecent  plays,  etc., 
prohibited  and  pun- 
ishment for 


PAGE. 

87 
88 


88 
88 

89 

89 

89 
90 

90  to  91 
90  to  91 


-    90  to  91 

90  to  91 

91 

91  to  92 
91  to  92 


Job   W  a  go  ns— (See 

Hacks.) 
License  — (See  hacks, 


n  INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 


PAGE. 

occupation  for,dance 
Houses),  (Shooting 
gallery.) 

Limitations — Time  in 
w  h  i  c  h  prosecution 
may  commence  92 

Liquors — (See  saloons 
and  taxation.) 

Map  of  City — (See  sur- 
vey.) 

Market— Place  of  for 
stock 

Penalty  for  selling 
elsewhere  93 

Marshal— Bond  of  16 

Duties  of  93-94-95-105-106 
Powers  of  93-94-95-105-106 
Punishment  for  re- 
sistance ot  96 

Misdemeanors — D  e  fr- 
uition of  and  punish- 
ment for  -    96  to  97 
Is  to  hinder  marshal 
and  in  making  arrest  96 
Is  to  obstruct  street 
railway                                    97 
Is  to  use  nigger  shoot- 
ers, etc                      -             98 
Is  to  be  in  an  unlaw- 
ful assembly            -    93  to  99 

Mobs— Punishment  of    98  to  99 

Missouri,  Kansas  and 
Texas  Railway  Co. — 
Right  of  way  to  99 

Nuisances — Definition 
of  -  100  to  101 

Punishment  for  keep- 
ing, etc.  101-102-103 
Order  for  removal  of  10! 
Place  of  removal  to  lOi 


PAGE. 

Vehicle  for  removal 
-  to  -  102  to  103 

Penalties  for  not  re- 
moving -  102  to  103 

Occupation— (See  tax- 
ation.) 

Opium  Smoking — Pen- 
alty for  smoking      -  104 
Penalty  for  keeping 
a  house  for  smoking  104 

Penalties,   Fines — For 
assault  and   battery  15 

For     not    removing 
dangerous  buildings  25 

For  talking,  etc. .with 
prisoners  in  calaboose  26 

For  allowing  cattle, 
etc.,  to  run  at  large    27  to  28 
For  digging  grave  on 
lot  of   another,  etc.  30 

For  shooting,  etc.,  in 
cemetery  30 

For  being  in  cemete- 
ry before  sun  rise  and 
after  sunset        -      -    30  to  31 
For  certain  persons 
walking  in  cemetery  31 

For  having  unlawful 
chimneys  to  mills,etc  32 

For  erecting   chim- 
neys contrary  to  ordi- 
nance -    33  to  35 
For  not  repairing 
chimney  when  noti- 
fied 35 
For  being  drunk  in 
public  place             -    96  to  97 
For  not  reporting 
combustible  materi- 
al to  secretary        -             36 


ISDEX  TO  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 


VII 


PAGR. 

PAGE. 

For     keeping    more 

food,  etc.         *        -    65 

to  66 

than  25  Ibs.  powder, 

For    violating  ordi- 

etc. 

36 

nance     relating    to 

For    violating   ordi- 

gambling and  keep- 

nance relating  to  cot- 

ing gambling  house    76 

to  77 

ton  yards     .    - 

37 

For   violating    ordi^ 

For  violating    ordi- 

nance relating  togas 

nance  relating  to  de- 

works 

81 

positing  filth 

40 

For   violating   ordi- 

For violating    ordi- 

nance    relating    to 

nance  relating  to  dis- 

grading of  city 

83 

eased  animals 

41  to  42 

For  violating    ordi- 

For   violating  ordi- 

nance    relating    to 

nance     relating    to 

Hacks,  etc.        -      -    84- 

85-86 

dogs 

43  44  45 

For  violating    ordi- 

For   violating  ordi- 

nance    relating     to 

nance  relating  to  ho- 

Hawkers, etc 

86 

tel  and  street  drum- 

For   violating  ordi-» 

mers 

45  to  46 

nance  relating  to  dis- 

For violating    ordi- 

orderly houses,  etc.  88-89- 

90-91 

nance    relating      to 

For    violating  ordi^ 

elections 

48 

nance  relating  to  in- 

For violating   ordi^ 

decency                    •»     91 

to  92 

nance  relating  to  fast 

For  violation  of  ordi- 

riding, etc. 

52  to  53 

nance     relating     to 

For  violating    ordi- 

market for  stock      -    92 

1.o93 

nance  relating  to  ob- 

For violation  of  ordi- 

structing square,etc. 

56 

nance  relating  to  mar- 

For   violating  ordi- 

shal's duties            -    94 

to  95 

nance  relating  to  fire 

For  violation  of  ordi- 

department, etc. 

59  to  62 

nance  relating  to  cer- 

For   violating  ordi- 

tain misdemeanors       96 

to  97 

nance     relating     to 

For  violation  of  ordi- 

building in  fire  limits 

64 

nance     relating     to 

For    violating  ordi- 

streets, alley,  etc,     • 

97 

nance    relating     to 

For  violation  of  ordi- 

shooting fire  arms,etc 

65 

nance     relating    to 

For    violating  ordi- 

mobs 

98 

nance  relating  to  seN 

For  violation  of  ordi- 

ling u  n  w'h  olesome 

nance     relating    to 

Till 


TO  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 


PAGE. 

nuisance,  etc.          101-102-103 
For  violation  of  ordi- 
nance   relating     to 
opium  smoking  104 

For  violation  of  ordi- 
nance relating  to 
pigeons  105 

For  violation  of  oidi- 
nance  relating  to 
pound,  etc.  -  110  to  111 

For  violation  of  ordi- 
nance relating  to 
prostitutes  112  to  113 

For  violation  of  ordi-  . 
nance     relating     to 
public  peace        -     113  to  114 
For  violation  of  ordi- 
nance    relating    to 
quarrantine      -  117 

For  violation  of  ordi- 
nance     relating     to 
combustible  material          125 
For  violation  of  ordi- 
nance relating  to  sa- 
loons on  Sunday      s  1 
For  violation  of  ordi- 
nance relating  to  dus 
ties  of  scavengers,etc  127  to!28 
For  violation  of  ordi- 
nance    relating     to 
sewers,  drains  etc.    141  to  145 
For  violation  of  ordi- 
nance    relating    to 
shade  trees            *    146  to  147 
For  violation  of  ordi- 
nance    relating     to 
shooting  gallery       -  148 
For  violation  of  ordi- 
nance    relating     to 
sidewalks        -        -  156  to  157 


PAGE. 

For  violation  of  ordi- 
nance relating  to 
slaughter  pens  158 

For  violation  of  ordi- 
nance relating  to 
streets  s  165  to  168 

For  violation  of  ordi- 
nance    relating      to 
Sunday  173  to  174 

For  violation  of  ordi- 
nance relating  to  va- 
riety shows  -  182  to  183 

For  violation  of  ordi- 
nance relating  to 
running  trains  187 

For  violation  of  ordi- 
nance relating  to 
trespass  •  189 

For  violation  of  ordi- 
nance relating  to  tele- 
phone and  telegraph 
wires  190  to  191 

For  violation  of  ordi- 
nance relating  to 
bathing  in  river  • 
For  violation  of  ordi- 
nance relating  to  va- 
grancy 

For  violation  of  ordi- 
nance relating  to  ve- 
hicles passing 
For  violation  of  ordi- 
nance relating  to 
water  works. 
For  violation  of  ordi- 
nance relating  .to 
weapons. 

Pigeons  —  Raising, 
breeding,  etc.,  pro- 
hibited -  -  lOi 


193 


194 


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IX 


PAGK. 
Penalties  104  to  105 

Police — Police  force 
shall  consist  of  what  105 

Appointment    and 
commission  of  105 

Bonds  ot  105 

Duties  of    -      105-106-107-108 
Rules  for  gov'ment  of  108 

Poll  Tax— (See  taxation) 

Pounds — (See  cattle) 
Keeper  of  108 

Bond  of  keeper  108 

Duties  of  keeper       109  to  110 
Fees  of  keeper  110 

Sales  of  animals  by 
keeper  109 

Penalty  for  breaking 
into  pound  110 

Penalty  for  hinder- 
ing keeper  111 

Poor  and  Dead — Sup- 
port of  poor  111 
Burial  of  dead  111 

Privies — (See  nuisances) 

Prostitutes  —  Penalty 
for  walking  streets 
with  112 

Penalty    for    riding 
and  driving  with     ^  112 

Penalty  for  employ- 
ment of  at  saloons  112 

Public  Peace— Breach- 
es of,  and  punishm't 


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117 


115 
115  to  116 


Penalties  for  viola- 
ting regulations 
Quarantine     Physi- 
cian 
Duties  of 

Records— (See  Record- 
er's Court,  etc.) 

Recorder's  Court— Pro- 
ceedings in         •     117-118-119 
Trials  in  -  117-118-119 

Payment  of  fines     119  to  120 
Office  of  recorder  es^ 
tablished  120 

Bonds,    duties    and 
salary  of  -  120 

Rosedale  Street  Rail'y 
Co — Right    of   way 
to     -          120-121-122-123-124 
Conditions,    etc.,  of 
rightofway  120-121-122-123-124 

Rubbish-Shavings,  etc, 
around  houses  must 
be  burned 

Penalty  for  refusal  to 
burn 

Salaries — (See  tees,  sal- 
aries, etc.) 

Saloons— Keeping  open 
on  Sunday  prohibited 
Permitting  plays,etc, 
therein  on    Sunday 
prohibited  s 

Penalty  for  violation 


ior 


Public   Square  —  (See 
Fences.) 

Quarantine— Establish- 
ment of  115-116-117 
Rules    and    regula- 
tions of           -        115-116-117 


125 


125 


126 


126 
127 


113  to  114  Scavenger— (See  nuis- 


ances.) Office  of  es- 
tablished 

Bond  and  duties  ot 
Penalty  for  neglect 
of  duty  -  *• 

Shall  keep  light  on 


127 

127 

128 


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84 


129 


129 
130 

131 
13C 


his  vehicle 

Schools,  Free  — Elec- 
tion to  determine  if 
tox  shall  be  levied  for 
Municipal  public 
iree  school  consist  of 
what  *• 

Scholastic  age 
Pupils  not  of  scholas- 
tic age  may  attend,etc 
Pupils    out    of   city 
may  attend,  etc. 
Superintendent,elec- 
tion  of  132  to  135 

Duties  of  and  salary 
ot  131-132-133 

Board  of  trustees,ap- 
pointment  and  du- 
ties of  -  135 
Teachers,  examina- 
tion of  133 
Teachers,  salaries  of  133 
School  fund,  provis- 
ion for,  how  and  by 
whom  paid  out  -  137 
Separate  schools  for 
white  and  black  -  131 
Branches  taught  -  13S 

Scrip,  City — How  and 
by  whom  issued      -  137 

How  payable  138 

Secretary,  City — Bond 
of  -  16 

Shall  pay  over  funds 
in  kind  -          -  140 

Fees  of  54 

Assistant,  Office  of—- 
Fees and  duties  of  140 

Sewers — Encumbring, 
etc.,  prohibited      -  141 


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Penalty  for  141 

Survey  of  city  made 

for  142 

Certain  acts  done  to 

misdemeanors  14^-143-144  145 

Penalty  for  violation  145 

Sexton— (See  Cemetery.) 
Shade  Trees — Injuries 

to  prohibited  146 

Penalty  for  146 

Shall     be    set   out, 

where  •  147 

Penalty  for  violation  147 

Sheep— (See  Cattle,etc.) 
Shooting  G  a  1 1  e  r  y — 

Keeping  allowed     -  148 

License  for       -        -  148 

Keeper  of,  required 

to  do  what  148 

Sidewalks — Order    for 

construction  of  150 

In  what  time  to  be 

constructed        -       150  to  151 

Width  ol  and  slope 

of  149 

Of    what    material 

built  149 

Form   of,  order  for 

and  raise  of  curbing 

for  150 

Notice,  served  on 

whom  150 

Where  property  own- 
er fails  to  construct  151 

When  built  by  city  151 

Assessment   against 

property  152 

Notice  to  pay  assess- 
ment 152 

Property  sold,where, 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 


PAOK. 

by  whom,  and    pro- 
ceeds 152  to  153 
Deed   to  purchaser, 
form  of  153 
Owner  may  redeem, 
when,  etc.  154 
City  shall  build  cross- 
ing to  connect                      155 
How.  when   and  by 
whom  repaired                    155 
Penalty  for  not  build- 
ing   in    conformity 
with  grade                            156 
Obstruction  of,  pen- 
alty for                      157  to  158 

Slaughter  Pens — Pen- 
alty for  kill  except  at  158 

Stairway  —  Right  to 
build  on  Second  St. 
granted,  etc.  •  159 

Stationery — What  offi- 
cers may  buy,  how 
paid  for  -  159 

Streets— (See  ) 

Bluff  street,  exten- 
sions of  -  160 
When  and  how  open- 
ed, straightened,  etc.  161 
Private  property  ta- 
ken for,  when  and 
how,  etc.  162 
Map  of,  returned  by 
Daniel  W.  Flaherty, 
adopted  s  164 
Repairing,  building, 
excavating,  etd.,  un- 
der control  of  engi- 
neer 165 
Construction  of  street 
from  N.  W.  corner 


PAGE. 

block  39  to  Clear 
Fork  166 

Assessment  against 
property  owners  on 
Main  167 

Houston,  Weather- 
ford  and  cross  streets 
between  Rusk  -  167 

And  Throckmorton 
to  Fifteenth  street  •  167 

Officer  collecting  as- 
sessment shall  notify 
owner  167 

What  acts  to  misdes 
meanors,  penalty  for  168 

Assessment  for  gra- 
ding 15th  St.  from 
Rusk  to  G.  C.  &  S, 
F.  depot  169 

Collection  of  the  as- 


sessment 
Sunday  —  What 


169  to  170 


acts 


173 
174 
174 


174 


prohibited  on 

Penalty  for  violation 

Exceptions 

Survey,  City — (See streets.) 
Taxes— (See  Taxation.) 
Taxation — Occupation 

tax    on    dealers    in 

spirituous,      vinous, 

etc.,  liquors  s 

Occupation    tax   on 

what  occupation  and 

amounts  of  175  to  176 

Poll   tax,  who  shall 

pay,  and   amount  of 

etc.  181 

Ad  valorem, what  lev- 
vied    and  for  what 

purpose  -  180  to  181 


I5DEX  TO  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  FORT  WORTH. 


Occnpation    tax  on 
job  wagons  and  street 
hacks,  etc. 
Numbers  to  be  kept 
on  job  wagons,  etc. 
Penalties  for  not  pay- 
ing occupation  tax  - 

Theatres — Penalty  for 
keeping  cf  where 
lewd  women,  etc., 
take  part 

Penalty  for  renting 
house  for  keeping    - 
Penalty  lor  keeping, 
etc.,  on  Sunday 
How  theatres,  public 
halls,  etc.,  shall  be 
constructed 
Penalty  for  keeping 
or  constructing  con- 
trary to  ordinance     • 
Penalty  for  loud  talk- 
ing, etc.,  in  theatres, 
etc. 

License  for  keeping, 
etc.,  in  house  where 
intoxicating  liquors 
are  sold  and  drank, 
and  penalty  lor  vio- 
lation* 

Bond  of  party  obtain- 
ing license 

Trains — Kate  of  speed 
allowed  to  run  and 
Penalty  for  violation 
Penalty  for  obstruct- 
ing streets  with,  etc. 
Penalty  for  jumping 
on,  oft'r  clinging  to 
trains  in  motion  *» 


PlGE. 


181 


182 


PAGE. 


Shall  ring  bell  or 
blow  whistle  when 
Penalty  for  failing 
to  keep  good  cross- 
ings, etc.,  on  tracks 


187 


1ST 


Texas  and  Pacific  Rail- 
182|     way    Co.— Right  of 

way  to  188 

Trespass  —  Prohibited 

and  penalty  for  189 

182  Telephone— Posts,how 

constructed  and  pen- 

183  alty  for  neglect  189-190-191-192 
jTelegraph — (See   tele- 

IS3     phone.) 

Trinity    River— Bath- 
ing, etc.,  in  prohib^ 

184  ited  and  penalty  for  192 
Vagrancy— Definitions 

of  and  punishment  for          193 


184 


185 


186 


186 


187 


187 


187 


Vehicles — (See  hacks.) 

Passing  on  streets,etc  194 

"Wards — Number  of 

and      character      of 

building  in  195 

Water  Works  — Who 

may  construct,  pri^ 

vili^es  of  196 

The  Fort  Worth  Wa- 
ter Works  Company  196 

Privileges  of  the  Ft. 

Worth  Water  Works 

Company  196 197-198-199 

Capacity  of  Ft,  Worth 

Water  Works  Co.  -  197 to  198 

Compensation  of  -  200 

Weapons — (See  fire  arms.) 

Carrying   concealed 

prohibited,  etc.       •  206 

Penalty  for        •       -  207 


